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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Tonga had already faced fuel supply issues last year after maintenance delays, limited storage and a stranded fuel vessel left the country almost dry.
From Barron's
The house and the grounds will remain closed for the immediate future while maintenance takes place.
From BBC
The child has a cochlear implant that requires the same routine maintenance and cleaning he was receiving stateside but may not get in Colombia.
From Los Angeles Times
The Times earlier detailed how Edison fell behind in performing maintenance on its aging transmission lines — work that it had told state utility regulators was needed.
From Los Angeles Times
The sensors can also help with proactive maintenance, by tracking early scent signatures of electronic components overheating.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
