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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Replacing complex business software with AI is challenging due to regulatory needs and maintenance, though some companies say AI agents could change software’s role.
The country's electricity generation is sustained by a network of eight aging thermoelectric plants -- some in operation for over 40 years -- that suffer frequent breakdowns or must be shut down for maintenance cycles.
From Barron's
Trainees also sit exams about railway rules, train maintenance and have 270 hours of supervised driving practice.
From BBC
They're often in prime locations so face high business rates, she says, and they require maintenance to ensure they are structurally sound as cars, including electric vehicles, get bigger and heavier.
From BBC
It says the presentations were delivered under previous governments, and that current ministers had focused on making the system fairer, including by reintroducing targeted maintenance grants to support students from lower-income backgrounds.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
