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    maintenance

    maintenance - Dictionary definition and meaning for word maintenance

    Definition
    (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
    Synonyms : care , upkeep
    Example Sentence
    • he wrote the manual on car care
    Definition
    (noun) means of maintenance of a family or group Definition
    (noun) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
    Synonyms : alimony
    Definition
    (noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
    Example Sentence
    • they were in want of sustenance
    • fishing was their main sustainment
    Definition
    (noun) the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
    Example Sentence
    • unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit

Word used in video below:
text: IS JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE... KIND OF HIGH MAINTENANCE.
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