Definitions of maintenance

1. means of maintenance of a family or group

2. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; " they were in want of sustenance"; " fishing was their main sustainment"

3. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

4. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

5. 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.

6. The act of supporting, defending, etc.; means of support; defense; support; continuance; means of sustenance.

7. The act of maintaining, supporting, or defending: continuance: the means of support: defence, protection.

8. Support; continuance; defence.

9. Means of support; vindication; defence; continuance; assistance to another in a suit at law.

10. Maintainable.