Synonyms: maintenance, upkeep, care
Definition: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Usage: he wrote the manual on car care
Similar words: repair, reparation, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending
Definition: the act of putting something in working order again
Synonyms: criminal maintenance, maintenance
Definition: the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
Usage: unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
Similar words: misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, actus reus
Definition: activity that transgresses moral or civil law
Usage: he denied any wrongdoing
Synonyms: sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep, maintenance
Definition: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Usage: they were in want of sustenance; fishing was their main sustainment
Similar words: support
Definition: the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
Usage: his support kept the family together; they gave him emotional support during difficult times
Synonyms: maintenance, alimony
Definition: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Similar words: support payment
Definition: a payment made by one person for the support of another
Synonyms: maintenance
Definition: means of maintenance of a family or group
Similar words: bread and butter, livelihood, living, keep, support, sustenance
Definition: the financial means whereby one lives
Usage: each child was expected to pay for their keep; he applied to the state for support; he could no longer earn his own livelihood