Meaning of maintenance In English

• 0 the work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in good condition:

  • Old houses need a lot of maintenance.

  • There are thorough maintenance checks on each plane before take-off.

  • The magazine offers tips on cutting your house maintenance costs.

• 1 money that a person must pay regularly by law in order to support their child or previous marriage partner after a divorce (= official end to a marriage):

  • He refused to pay maintenance for his three children.

• 2 a situation in which something continues to exist or is not allowed to become less:

  • the maintenance of living standards

• 3 the process of keeping or continuing something:

  • The office is charged with the maintenance of customary practices and ceremonies.

• 4 the work needed to keep something in good condition:

  • Bridges require a lot of maintenance.

• 5 the activity of keeping a building, vehicle, road, etc. in good condition by checking it regularly and repairing it when necessary:

  • Refineries typically schedule yearly maintenance.

  • Components necessary for the maintenance of our fleet of helicopters often have to be ordered from abroad.

  • The city budget for street repair and maintenance was cut for this fiscal year.

  • maintenance work/services/procedures

  • maintenance contracts/costs

  • maintenance workers/staff/crew

  • rail/road/building maintenance

  • perform/provide/carry out maintenance We have a large team of IT staff who provide ongoing system and applications maintenance.

  • bad/poor/routine maintenance A leak in the pipeline was discovered during routine maintenance and inspection work.

• 6 the process of making sure that something continues in the same way or at the same level:

  • Authorities consider these measures to be necessary for the maintenance of sound health and sanitary conditions at the factory.

• 7 regular payments that a person must make by law in order to support their child or previous marriage partner, for example after a divorce :

  • She continues to receive maintenance payments from her former partner.