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Definition maintenance

Etymology

From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus ten?re (“to hold in the hand”). Surface analysis is maintain +‎ -ance.

Note that maintain has undergone a sound and spelling change, hence is spelt with -tain-, rather than the -ten- still found in maintenance.

Noun

maintenance (usually uncountable, plural maintenances)

  1. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
  2. (law) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
  3. (law, Britain) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
  4. (law) Child support.
  5. Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
  6. (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

Results 221 Words with the letters MAINTENANCE

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12 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
MAINTENANCES 21
11 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
MAINTENANCE 20
8 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
ANTENNAE 11
EMACIATE 14
ENCAENIA 13
7 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
AMENTIA 11
ANAEMIC 14
ANCIENT 12
ANIMATE 11
ANTENNA 10
ANTIMAN 12
CANTEEN 12
CANTINA 12
CATENAE 11
CEMENTA 14
CENTIME 14
EMANATE 11
EMINENT 12
ENAMINE 12
ENEMATA 11
ETAMINE 11
MANATEE 11
MANNITE 12
MATINEE 11
NEMATIC 14
TAENIAE 8
6 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
ACETIN 10
ANEMIA 10
ANEMIC 13
CAIMAN 13
CANINE 11
CANNIE 11
CATENA 10
CEMENT 13
CETANE 10
CINEMA 13
EMETIC 12
EMETIN 10
ENATIC 10
ENCINA 11
ENTICE 10
ETAMIN 10
ICEMAN 13
ICEMEN 13
INCANT 11
INCENT 11
INMATE 10
INNATE 8
MANIAC 13
MANNAN 12
MANTIC 13
MEANIE 10
MENACE 13
NANNIE 9
NEATEN 8
TAENIA 7
TAMEIN 10
TANNIC 11
TANNIN 9
TENACE 10
TENIAE 7
TINMAN 11
TINMEN 11
5 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
ACETA 8
ACTIN 9
AECIA 8
AMAIN 9
AMENT 9
AMICE 11
AMINE 9
AMNIA 9
AMNIC 12
ANENT 7
ANIMA 9
ANIME 9
ANTAE 6
ANTIC 9
ATMAN 9
CANNA 10
EATEN 6
ENACT 9
ENATE 6
ENEMA 9
ENTIA 6
INANE 7
MANIA 9
MANIC 12
MANNA 10
MANTA 9
MATIN 9
MEANT 9
MENTA 9
MINAE 9
MINCE 12
NANCE 10
NIECE 9
TENIA 6
TINEA 6
4 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
ACME 10
ACNE 8
ACTA 7
AMEN 8
AMIA 7
AMIE 7
AMIN 8
ANNA 6
ANTA 5
ANTE 5
ANTI 5
ATMA 7
CAIN 8
CAME 10
CANE 8
CANT 8
CATE 7
CENT 8
CETE 7
CINE 8
CITE 7
EMIC 10
EMIT 7
ETIC 7
ETNA 5
ITEM 7
MACE 10
MAIN 8
MANA 8
MANE 8
MATE 7
MEAN 8
MEAT 7
MEET 7
META 7
METE 7
MICA 10
MICE 10
MIEN 8
MINA 8
MINE 8
MINT 8
MITE 7
NAAN 6
NAME 8
NANA 6
NEAT 5
NEEM 8
NEMA 8
NENE 6
NICE 8
NINE 6
NITE 5
TACE 7
TAIN 5
TAME 7
TEAM 7
TEEM 7
TEEN 5
TIME 7
TINE 5
3 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
ACE 6
ACT 6
AIM 6
AIN 4
AIT 3
AMA 6
AMI 6
ANA 4
ANE 4
ANI 4
ANT 4
ATE 3
CAM 9
CAN 7
CAT 6
CEE 6
EAT 3
EME 6
ETA 3
ICE 6
INN 5
MAC 9
MAE 6
MAN 7
MAT 6
MEN 7
MET 6
MIC 9
NAE 4
NAM 7
NAN 5
NEE 4
NET 4
NIM 7
NIT 4
TAE 3
TAM 6
TAN 4
TEA 3
TEE 3
TEN 4
TIC 6
TIE 3
TIN 4
2 letter words with the letters MAINTENANCE ↑
AA 2
AE 2
AI 2
AM 5
AN 3
AT 2
EM 5
EN 3
ET 2
IN 3
IT 2
MA 5
ME 5
MI 5
NA 3
NE 3
TA 2
TI 2

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