Maintenance

What “Maintenance” means

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.

Where the word comes from

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.

Business name ideas with “Maintenance”

Industries where “Maintenance” fits

We suggest this word for 4 business types and industries, including:

• All Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
• Appliance Repair and Maintenance
• Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance
• Consumer Electronics Repair and Maintenance