Question 1 · Quick check
maintenance
CEFRB1
/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Work done to keep something working or in good condition.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence 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.
Examples
Getting a sports car is easy, compared to the maintenance one must do on it.
The maintenance of the house costs a lot.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAlimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
Child support.
More examples
In contextThe school pays for heating and the maintenance of the buildings.
a maintenance release; a maintenance version
From Pond to Pond he roamed, from moor to moor; / Housing, with God's good help, by choice or chance: / And in this way he gained an honest maintenance.
Quick test
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Origin
noun
From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus tenēre (“to hold in the hand”). By surface analysis, 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.