underhåll — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alimony noun Financial support that one former spouse is legally required to pay the other after a divorce or separation.
- care noun Serious attention or effort put into avoiding mistakes or harm.
- maintenance noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.
- subsistence noun Real being; existence.
- upkeep noun The ongoing work or cost of keeping something in good condition.
Senses
underhåll is used for these senses in English:
- alimony (legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- care (uncountable) Maintenance, upkeep.
- child support (legal) The ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an obligor, usually the noncustodial parent, to an obligee, usually the custodial parent or other guardian, for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or which never existed.
- maintenance Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- upkeep Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
care — full definition
- noun Serious attention or effort put into avoiding mistakes or harm.
- noun Worry or concern about something.
- noun The looking after of someone's health, safety, or wellbeing.
- verb To feel concern or interest about something.
- verb To look after someone or something (usually with "for").