maintenance

Etymology
From, from , from , from. .

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

Noun

 * 1) Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
 * 2)  A 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.
 * 3)  Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
 * 4)  Child support.
 * 5) Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
 * 6)  The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
 * 1)  The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
 * 1)  The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

Translations

 * Arabic: صِيَانَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qulluq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: vedligeholdelse,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: bontenado
 * Estonian: hooldus
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ტექნიკური მომსახურება
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: viðhald
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: coinneáil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خزمەت
 * Latin: tuitiō
 * Macedonian: одржување
 * Malay: penyenggaraan
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: डागडुजी, देखरेख
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: vedlikehold
 * Nynorsk: vedlikehald
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gleidheadh, cumail suas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: одржа́вање
 * Roman: održávanje
 * Slovak: údržba, obsluha
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: panataman
 * Tajik: нигоҳдорӣ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, ремо́нт, до́гляд, підтри́мка
 * Vietnamese:, bảo dưỡng


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 助訟
 * Mandarin: 助訟
 * Danish: hævdelse, forsvar


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: elantokustannukset
 * German:
 * Latin: tuitiō
 * Maori: moni oranga
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: утри́мання


 * Esperanto: bontenado
 * Finnish: elintoimintojen ylläpito
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic:
 * Irish: cothabháil
 * Romanian:

Etymology
From.