MAINTENANCE
NOUNS
► KEEP-UP upkeep, cost of maintenance → 1928 Sc.
► MAINTAINANCE maintenance → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MAINTAINMENT maintenance → c1485 obs.
► MANTINIMENT maintenance → 1588 obs.
► MANUTENENCY the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance → 1633 obs.
► MANUTENTION the act of upholding or maintaining; maintenance → 1603 obs.
► UPHOLD support, maintenance; a prop; a person who maintains another → 1791 Sc.
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