maintenance
Usage
What are other ways to say maintenance?
Generally, maintenance refers to care or upkeep, as of machinery or property. But sometimes, maintenance refers to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance or support of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate. Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one's living; to threaten one's livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats.
Example Sentences
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Another four a week are ceasing to be played because of a lack of maintenance.
From BBC
Redick was asked if James taking some games off for body maintenance during his NBA-record 23rd season was a good thing for the long haul and for a long playoff run.
From Los Angeles Times
He told the BBC the priority now should be to bring back maintenance grants and restore the link between inflation and the earnings threshold where graduates start to repay.
From BBC
The brigilantes view their maintenance as “guerrilla urbanism” with the secondary goal of spreading awareness and encouraging a response from the public or government.
After big increases in sticker prices, insurance and maintenance costs, fuel has been one aspect of vehicle ownership that has remained cheap.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
