MAINTENANCE
\mˈe͡ɪntənəns], \mˈeɪntənəns], \m_ˈeɪ_n_t_ə_n_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of MAINTENANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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means of maintenance of a family or group
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the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
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That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
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An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.
By Oddity Software
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The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
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That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
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An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of supporting, defending, etc.; means of support; defense; support; continuance; means of sustenance.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of maintaining, supporting, or defending: continuance: the means of support: defence, protection.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of maintaining; sustenance; support; supply of food and other necessaries of life;— means of living; allowance;— vindication; justification;— assertion; allegation; continuance.
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