Definitions
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Word origin
From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus tenēre (“to hold in the hand”). By surface analysis, maintain + -ance.
Used in a sentence
“They are all preventable by proper maintenance, but non-safety critical maintenance has to be evaluated, so failures are an accepted penalty for keeping maintenance costs down.”
“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.”
“a maintenance release; a maintenance version”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Upkeep work”11 letters
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