Definition of maintenance

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Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

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Keeping :: Keeping (n.) Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping..
Burse :: Burse (n.) A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries..
Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Finding :: Finding (n.) Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.
Face :: Face (n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.
Bordland :: Bordland (n.) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table..
Policed :: Policed (a.) Regulated by laws for the maintenance of peace and order, enforced by organized administration..
Sustenance :: Sustenance (n.) The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life..
Parsonage :: Parsonage (n.) The glebe and house, or the house only, owned by a parish or ecclesiastical society, and appropriated to the maintenance or use of the incumbent or settled pastor..
Assertion :: Assertion (n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives..
Benefice :: Benefice (n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson..
Manutenency :: Manutenency (n.) Maintenance.
Livelihood :: Livelihood (n.) Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance..
Aliment :: Aliment (v. t.) To provide for the maintenance of.
Jaghir :: "Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops..
Father :: Father (n.) One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection..
Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..
Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..
Sustentation :: Sustentation (n.) The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance..
Innervation :: Innervation (n.) Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life,and the functions of the various organs..
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