maintenance
Từ điển Collocation
maintenance noun
1 keeping sth in good condition
ADJ. annual, regular, routine | long-term, ongoing | proper | essential The power station has been shut down for essential maintenance. | preventative | careful | easy The engine is designed for easy maintenance. | low, minimal This type of garden requires minimal maintenance. | on-site | aircraft, car, machine, etc.
VERB + MAINTENANCE carry out We carry out routine maintenance of the equipment. | need, require
MAINTENANCE + NOUN engineer, crew, man, staff, team | bill, costs | contract | service We provide a maintenance service on all our products. | programme | work
2 money paid to support sb
ADJ. child
VERB + MAINTENANCE pay | claim
MAINTENANCE + NOUN payments | arrears He was jailed for failing to pay maintenance arrears.
PREP. in ~ He pays £1,000 a month in child maintenance.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; care, upkeep
he wrote the manual on car care
- means of maintenance of a family or group
- court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated; alimony
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, upkeep
they were in want of sustenance
fishing was their main sustainment
- 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; criminal maintenance
unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. The process of taking measures to ensure that a hardware, software, or database system is functioning properly and is up to date.
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
维修|保养维修,保养
Appropriate ongoing adjustments to security holder records.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
maintenances
ant.: abandonment