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maintenance — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • maintenance noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.

Senses

maintenance is used for these senses in English:

  • maintenance Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
  • maintenance (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

maintenance — full definition

  1. noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.
  2. noun The act of keeping something going or holding it at a particular level.
  3. noun Money paid regularly by one person for the living costs of a former spouse or of a child they do not live with.

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