maintenancemain‧te‧nance /ˈmeɪntənəns/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun [uncountable] 
the cost of repairs and maintenancemaintenance of The caretaker is responsible for the maintenance of the school buildings. The theatres were closed on Saturday and Sunday for routine maintenance. Engineers are carrying out essential maintenance work on the main line to Cambridge. an evening class in car maintenancemaintenance crew/man/staff (=someone who looks after buildings and equipment for a school or organization)2the act of making a state or situation continuemaintenance of The purpose of the UN is the maintenance of international peace and security. The maintenance of a firm currency plays an important part in the battle against inflation.3British English money paid by someone who is divorced to their former wife or husband SYN alimony: They have to find the fathers who abandon their children and make them pay maintenance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A car is quite a big expense, especially when you consider maintenance.
- Because there had been no maintenance, the college buildings were in a poor state.
- I have no job and receive no maintenance from my children's father.
- I knew nothing about car maintenance when I first bought my car.
- Most gas appliances require routine maintenance once a year to ensure safety.
- Our primary concern is the maintenance of discipline in the school.
- the maintenance of public roads
- The city is paying $30,000 in annual maintenance costs.
- The court will now force him to meet maintenance payments.
- The fault was discovered during routine maintenance work.
- The Highways Department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of bridges and roads.
- Aeration used intelligently is a boon to the maintenance of the health and vitality of the fishes.
- Analysts assist in developing procedural guidelines and policies governing the development, formulation, and maintenance of the budget.
- Sales of large-scale data storage devices also increased strongly, while earnings from computer maintenance services hardly changed.
- The training will also include maintenance.
- There was one major flaw in this inspired scheme, no Provision was made for maintenance or replacement.
- There will be a rolling maintenance programme of the external walls and roof to ensure they continue to be wind and watertight.
- These are equally crucial conditions for the maintenance of democratic government.
Longman Language Activatorto look after something
to keep something in good condition and make sure that it does not get broken, damaged, or stolen: · You can have a new bike for Christmas if you promise to look after it.· You could see someone had been looking after the garden, even though the house had been empty for years.· The miniature railway is looked after by local volunteers.look after something for somebody: · You don't mind looking after the place for me while I'm away, do you?
especially spoken to look after something that belongs to someone else for a short time, by watching it to make sure that it does not get stolen or damaged: · Tom went into the library while I kept an eye on the bikes.· Does a neighbor keep an eye on your house while you are away?· Can you keep an eye on my bags while I go to the toilet?
to make sure that a car, machine, place, or building is in good condition by checking it and repairing it when necessary: · Residents work in the downstairs shop, and also help to maintain the building. · His role is to maintain the society's fleet of vans, ready to respond in any emergency.· An attempt was being made to maintain the grounds, but weeds were starting to grow in the driveway.
the job of maintaining a car, building, place, or machine: · A car is quite a big expense, especially when you consider maintenance.· Because there had been no maintenance, the college buildings were in a poor state.· the maintenance of public roadsroutine maintenance (=simple maintenance that must be done regularly): · Most gas appliances require routine maintenance once a year to ensure safety.maintenance costs (=the amount of money it costs to maintain something): · The city is paying $30,000 in annual maintenance costs.
the work or process of looking after something in order to keep it in good condition: care of: · She has become a leading expert on the care and maintenance of Renaissance paintings.· Care of the environment has become a priority in government thinking.· These photocopiers require a little extra care to keep them running right.hair-care/skin-care etc: · hair-care products· I'd advise you to follow a new skin care routine.
the continuous process and cost involved in keeping something in good condition, especially a building or garden: the upkeep of something: · The trustees are responsible for the upkeep of the bridge. · The Council's contribution towards the upkeep of the church is very much appreciated.· You get more for your money if you buy an old house, but upkeep costs will be higher
money that you pay to your former husband or wife British /child support American money that is paid regularly by someone to their former wife or husband in order to support their children: · Failure to pay child support is a growing problem.· I have no job and receive no maintenance from my children's father.· The judge set her child support at ten dollars a week.· He gives no money for the care of his son, and Aurora has abandoned plans to pursue child support.maintenance/child support payments: · The court will now force him to meet maintenance payments.
an amount of money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to their former husband or wife after their marriage has ended: · Because Jean had given up a career to support her husband's career, the court ordered him to pay alimony.· His alimony amounts to around one thousand dollars a month.
to provide money for someone else to live on to provide money for your family to live on: · When she was unemployed it was very difficult to provide for her children.· A life insurance policy enables you to provide for your family after your death.well provided for: · He left his family well-provided for.
to provide enough money for someone to pay for all the things they need, especially if you do this by working: · He has a wife and two children to support.· A lot of people can barely earn enough to support themselves, let alone their families.· My parents didn't have to support me when I was at college because I received a grant.
British to pay a regular amount of money to the person you used to be married to, especially to support children of yours that you no longer live with: · Maintenance will be paid until the child reaches 18 or leaves full-time education.
to pay a regular amount of money to help support children of yours that you no longer live with: · He had been paying child support for his two children since 1985.
to pay a regular amount of money to the person you used to be married to: · The judge ordered McFadden to pay alimony of $2,400 a month.
work done to repair something · Who will pay for the repairs?repairs to · The insurance will cover the cost of all repairs to the vehicle.make/do/carry out repairs · Builders are carrying out repairs to the roof and walls.
regular work done to check, clean, and repair something so that it keeps working properly or remains in good condition: · The Highways Department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of bridges and roads.car/motorcycle etc maintenance: · I knew nothing about car maintenance when I first bought my car.routine maintenance (=simple and regular maintenance): · The fault was discovered during routine maintenance work.
an examination of a vehicle or machine that is done regularly to check that it is working properly and see if any repairs are necessary: · We recommend an annual service for all central heating boilers.· My car's due for service - I'll book it into a garage next week.· Any major problems with the car should be picked up at the 5,000 mile service.
a thorough examination of a machine, vehicle, or piece of equipment, making repairs if necessary: · The electrical system needs a complete overhaul.· Work on the overhaul of the boiler has just started.
a process of making small changes and repairs to an engine so that it works as well as possible: · It's about time to take the car in for a tune-up again.· If you give the engine regular tune-ups, it will last much longer.
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escrow, nounescrow agent, estate, nounestoppel, nounevidence, nounexamination, nounexamination-in-chief, nounexamine, verbexculpate, verbexecute, verbexecutor, nounexecutrix, nounexhibit, nounexpectations, nounex post facto law, nounexpropriate, verbextradite, verbextrajudicial, adjectivefair dealing, false representation, nounfee absolute, nounfiduciary, nounfiduciary, adjectivefinding, nounfirm name, nounfixtures and fittings, nounforce majeure, nounforeman, nounforewoman, nounfreeholder, nounfree pardon, nounfrustration of contract, fugitive, nounfugitive, adjectivegagging order, gag order, noungarnishee, verbgarnishee, noungeneral counsel, noungeneral practice, noungive, verbgrand jury, noungrantee, noungrantor, noungreen paper, noungross misconduct, ground rent, nounguarantee, verbguarantor, nounguaranty, nounguillotine, verbguilt, noungun control, nounhabeas corpus, nounHague Rules, nounhear, verbhearing, nounheir, nounheir apparent, nounhereafter, adverbhereditament, nounhereinafter, adverbhereof, adverbhereto, adverbheritable, adjectiveHigh Court, nounHighway Code, nounhirer, nounhuman right, nounimplied term, inadmissible, adjectiveinalienable, adjectiveincriminate, verbindemnify, verbindemnity, nounindict, verbindictable, adjectiveindictment, nounindustrial tribunal, nouninitiative, nouninjunction, nounin loco parentis, adverbinnocence, nouninnocent, adjectiveinoperative, adjectiveinquest, nouninsanity, nouninstruct, verbintellectual property, nounintent, nouninterdict, nouninterlocutory injunction, invoke, verbJane Doe, nounjob quota, joint and several liability, JP, nounjudge, nounjudge, verbjudicial, adjectivejuridical, adjectivejurisdiction, nounjurisprudence, nounjurist, nounjuror, nounjury, nounjury box, nounjury service, nounjustice, nounJustice of the Peace, nounjustifiable homicide, nounjuvenile, adjectivekangaroo court, nounKing's Counsel, nounlaw firm, nounlawyer, nounlease, nounleasehold, adjectiveleaseholder, nounlegatee, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The theatres were closed on Saturday and Sunday for routine maintenance. Engineers are carrying out essential maintenance work on the main line to Cambridge. an evening class in car maintenance
The theatres were closed on Saturday and Sunday for routine maintenance. Engineers are carrying out essential maintenance work on the main line to Cambridge. an evening class in car maintenance (=someone who looks after buildings and equipment for a school or organization)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The system will be shut down overnight for routine maintenance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· First, the Center wants no more new construction or even major repairs; money should be spent on essential maintenance only.· Thus the mechanisms of social control discussed earlier in the chapter, are seen as essential to the maintenance of social order.· The retail business, which is essential for the maintenance of adequate market liquidity, declined after the 1987 stock market crash.· They are essential for the maintenance of the market's liquidity.· It will be opened to the public in the next few years, once essential maintenance is completed.· Such skills are essential to the maintenance of an open society.
· Conoco also preferred the Descote valve because of its low maintenance requirements and because its design minimises the possibility of leakage.· Weak authentication with low maintenance overhead and without patent or export restrictions.· Both these species are relatively low in maintenance, needing a clip once, or at the most, twice a year.· She chose honeysuckle for its fragrance, low maintenance and lasting summer blooms.· Secondly, electronic ignition means low maintenance and easy starting.· If the house or flat has a garden, it should be low-maintenance.· It was stipulated that the design must be robust, of simple construction and involve only low maintenance costs.
· I am sure that providing the proper maintenance is undertaken, many of them are unnecessary.· She loved their pale shining; clean brass was a pleasure, its proper maintenance a pleasure to herself as well as to Lizzie.· The stability of one affects the stability of all, and therefore the proper maintenance and repair of one affects the others.· Teeth are especially worthy of admiration, being capable, with proper maintenance, of cracking nuts for something like forty years.· There is the proper maintenance of records and files.
· It also needs regular maintenance and tuning.· If you camouflage your filter remember to allow easy access for regular maintenance.· The tank is slightly overcrowded but regular maintenance of the aquarium does alleviate this situation.· Harmonious family life requires regular maintenance, and adjustments of understanding as one phase of development gives way to another.· Cleaning a floppy disk drive should be part of a regular maintenance procedure.· Service schedule All marriages need their regular running maintenance.· Timber cladding also requires the householder to perform regular maintenance, as described above.· It exhorts the motorist to keep his car in good shape by regular maintenance and such.
· His section was responsible for the maintenance of radio equipment fitted to the Washingtons.· The city is responsible for major building maintenance and exterior security, and the museum is responsible for interior maintenance and security.· The market administration is responsible for the maintenance of the building or site, rubbish collection, security and rents.· The understanding was that the Borough Council provided and installed this seat and the Parish Council was then responsible for its maintenance.· Even emotional stress can be a trigger to finely-tuned glands responsible for the maintenance of hormone levels.
· His tip was for handrails to be provided around the Laundry Building, to prevent people falling during routine maintenance access.· Mr Stanley had been carrying out routine maintenance work.· Checklists Checklists are used in the pre-start mode, for routine maintenance and for fault-finding.· Much of the routine preventive maintenance is done by the operators who use the machines.· They were noticed during routine maintenance checks.· In the routine maintenance revenue account the resurfacing of Beech Hill and the construction of a footpath were being treated as priorities.
NOUN· These days women try all sorts of classes, from plumbing and electrical repairs to car maintenance.· But then, other schools, I am informed, offer their young gentlemen courses in car maintenance.· He will tour the school's car maintenance department where pupils learn basic mechanics.· But when I found John he knew nothing about car maintenance.· A practical example was illustrated at Castlebrae High School, where the prince watched a car maintenance class.
· Taking out a separate maintenance contract or insurance is only really worth it if you might need back-up urgently.· After five years, and aged about 30, he was appointed programme manager for all foreign engine maintenance contracts.· It also provides a record of the order, despatch and maintenance contract dates of the issued product.· However, once the issue has been despatched, only the contact name and maintenance contract dates can be updated.· They have opened offices in Bristol and Maidstone to service maintenance contracts.· This will usually be done by the landlord entering into a long-term maintenance contract with a specialist.· A maintenance contract covering the calendar year 1991 was not issued under invoice until April 1991.
· In addition, there is the cost of accidents and fires resulting from smoking as well as cleaning and maintenance costs.· The Navy could save money, officials said, because upkeep and maintenance costs for the McKee would be eliminated.· So the maintenance costs are incurred on the vehicle itself, and not the track.· All operation and maintenance costs are those costs that exceed 0 and M for the base case of oil boilers.· However, with experience of rather higher levels of use an asphalt surface has now been added to reduce annual maintenance costs.· The company continues to pay various maintenance costs as well.· Can you afford the running costs and maintenance costs?· And maintenance costs for existing roads have increased as more streets decay thanks to lack of upkeep.
· And travelling maintenance crews may not turn up from one year to the next because of the immense areas they have to cover.· He saw the maintenance crew posed disconsolately on a hill.· Then one day all of us on the maintenance crew were watching a blue movie.
· In the far more complex factory environment the skilled maintenance engineer is likely to have a role for some considerable time yet.· Sometimes the maintenance engineer is dealing with a type of failure he has never had before.· Consider for example the maintenance engineer operating as a diagnostician.· Pilots and other flight crew immediately come to mind; so too do maintenance engineers and air traffic controllers.· An experienced maintenance engineer approaches a problem as follows: 1.
· Under the regional managed care systems, most Medicaid patients would be served by health maintenance organizations.· The company negotiates lower drug costs with pharmacies for health maintenance organizations, whose stock were generally lower today.· Hospital management and health maintenance organization companies gained after Merrill Lynch&.· Merging parts of a health maintenance organization like Kaiser with a non-HMO at one time may have been unthinkable.· Hospitals, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies and corporate investors are remaking the system, for better or worse.· Two dozen major California health maintenance organizations will receive a report card today on the quality of their preventive services.· The second priority is legislation to protect patients in health maintenance organizations, sponsored by Sens.
· That, of course, is bound up with the issue of income maintenance.· The findings will be relevant to the evaluation and development of housing, employment and income maintenance policies for young people.· The second study examines income maintenance for families, where there are significant differences in policy in the two countries.· The results are being applied to policy issues of current interest, including the reform of taxation and of income maintenance.
· Adjusting to her style of leadership must have been a learning process for not only the maintenance man.· A secretary, security guard, or maintenance man should not be ignored.· His father also worked there as a maintenance man, retiring after 51 years service.· The maintenance man, Pedro Mejia, did not mention the swimmers to anyone on the hotel staff.· My men are tracing the maintenance man's family at the moment.· Two Commercial Union building maintenance men and one security guard were injured in the explosion.· Asking the rest of the maintenance men about Kev and his life inevitably, sooner or later, led to Polly.
· Hospital management and health maintenance organization companies gained after Merrill Lynch&.· Merging parts of a health maintenance organization like Kaiser with a non-HMO at one time may have been unthinkable.
· Under the regional managed care systems, most Medicaid patients would be served by health maintenance organizations.· The company negotiates lower drug costs with pharmacies for health maintenance organizations, whose stock were generally lower today.· Most insurers and health-maintenance organizations compile formularies with committees of doctors and druggists.· Hospitals, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies and corporate investors are remaking the system, for better or worse.· Two dozen major California health maintenance organizations will receive a report card today on the quality of their preventive services.· The second priority is legislation to protect patients in health maintenance organizations, sponsored by Sens.
· Receiving maintenance payments would perpetuate this link and also gives him unwelcome paternity rights.· No money problems Neither you nor your husband or wife may claim for any lump sum or maintenance payment.· My bank also writes about maintenance payments.· So they cut his maintenance payments from four pounds a week to the minimum five pence a year.· I was left with four small boys to bring up and, from the start, maintenance payments were irregular.· Their proposals established the amount of child maintenance and a Child Support Agency to assess, collect and enforce maintenance payments.· Took his ex-wife to court for suspending his maintenance payments.· An errant neurotic, failing to keep up the maintenance payments to support his own creation.
· There is retail price maintenance by the manufacturer, both maximum price and minimum price.· Partly this reflects the lack of enthusiasm among manufacturers toward any erosion of retail price maintenance.· Each agreement also contained a resale price maintenance clause.· Resale price maintenance: this is a system under which manufacturers contractually control the minimum level of prices charged by retailers.· There is one particular practice that has been singled out for special treatment and that is resale price maintenance.· After the group pulled out, the judge made an order ending the exemption of medicines from price maintenance.
· And finally, standardisation makes it easier to train the operating personnel and reduces maintenance problems.· He said that often important maintenance problems are put off until they create urgent problems.· Routine monitoring and inspection for maintenance problems and vandalism.· Every now and then nature conspires to rivet homeowners' attention on a particular maintenance problem.· What is needed to solve today's maintenance problems?· This has been particularly useful in the nuclear industry where highly corrosive toxic and radioactive substances cause severe maintenance problems.· Delicate arrangements are required to maintain the controlled gas leak and these are prone to wear and maintenance problems.· Occasionally the builder may raise minor maintenance problems to justify his failure to pay for work executed or to release retention.
· The plants are then supplied with an incorporated maintenance programme.· There will be a rolling maintenance programme of the external walls and roof to ensure they continue to be wind and watertight.· Some will be reintroduced for the maintenance programme.· The manager should discuss the proposals for the coming year's maintenance programme before the allocation of annual leave to nurses.· Serve with Shape Single or ice cream if desired by those on maintenance programme only.· A complete planned maintenance programme is necessary to ensure that pests are controlled and hygiene standards are maintained.
· Similarly, maintenance staff may need to be sent quickly to carry out repairs at the request of a particular guest.· In both cases this means training for most of the staff, from porters and maintenance staff to librarians.· The maintenance staff has been working 18-hour shifts to bring the hospital into full operation.
· Mr Stanley had been carrying out routine maintenance work.· For instance, the chimney was brought down in 1922 to supply bricks for general maintenance work on the canal.· Dunn, which is based in Burton-on-Trent, specialises in maintenance work in the electricity industry.· Rex is now negotiating to undertake maintenance work on peace time service graves in the the county.· Usually maintenance work is carried out during the course of repairs following a breakdown.· National Rivers Authority was also worried because once the section is designated its legal protection would make flood maintenance work difficult.· Next year two-thirds of all motorway maintenance work will be carried out in this way.· Please would you investigate and arrange for the necessary maintenance work to be put in hand.
· On March 6, 8,500 maintenance workers also went on strike, supported by the pilots.· District maintenance workers yanked out the seats and replaced them with portable chairs.· A few years ago, maintenance workers found pieces of a stone bowl on the site.· The maintenance workers contacted lifeguards, who in turn notified various public and private agencies that a rescue might be necessary.
VERB· Mr Stanley had been carrying out routine maintenance work.· The more valves you fit in a system, the easier it will be to carry out maintenance or replacement.· The workshops at Kingsmere carry out all maintenance work on the railway as well as building its rolling stock.
· Examples would include the provision and maintenance of fences, roads, drains, sewers and private sewage disposal works.· And when it reaches you, it's backed by in-depth network hardware support - which includes on-site maintenance.· This will include the maintenance of a constructive working relationship with the organisation's personnel department.· The deal includes a four-year maintenance provision.· The grants include scholarships and maintenance awards for students is well as rent rebates and allowances.· The training will also include maintenance.
· It also needs regular maintenance and tuning.· When it needed maintenance it was fixed quickly and without extensive coordination and paperwork.· It does not need a gearbox, and it needs little maintenance.· Both hormones are needed for the maintenance of pregnancy. 348.· And they need very little maintenance and no spare parts.· A smaller place needs less staffing and maintenance.· Service schedule All marriages need their regular running maintenance.· More recent machines are claimed to need less maintenance.
· For example, a substantial proportion of the road tax levied on vehicle owners goes towards paying for road maintenance and improvements.· The company continues to pay various maintenance costs as well.· That is a benefit to him which is good consideration for his promise to pay maintenance.· Will my ex-husband still pay maintenance for me and the children?· Under the terms of their lease, they have to pay maintenance charges and annual ground rent to a landlord.
· These awards cover the payment of tuition fees only and do not provide a maintenance grant.· This enables housing associations to use their expertise in design as well as providing maintenance for the building.· The future will see growth in new service industries providing home repairs and maintenance, home cleaning services, etc.· At the same time, the hotel staff could also provide services on behalf of the maintenance company.· This part of the ingested food is used to provide the maintenance requirement.
· These older tankers require continuous maintenance to keep them in good, safe working order at sea.· They assemble themselves, repair themselves, and require no maintenance.· They require a lot of maintenance and some may be out of action for up to a day a week on a regular basis.· In addition, all armor is fickle and requires constant maintenance.· Normally, cowls require considerable maintenance and possible replacement every ten years - a costly consequence of owning an oast.· They were found to require continual maintenance as the support environment for specific products changed over time.· As John remarks, a healthy, biologically balanced environment should require minimal maintenance and effort.· Harmonious family life requires regular maintenance, and adjustments of understanding as one phase of development gives way to another.
· First, the Center wants no more new construction or even major repairs; money should be spent on essential maintenance only.· The fortune doubtless spent on dermatological maintenance can scarcely be imagined.· The decay of Britain's roads has been reflected in a sharp increase in central government's spending on road maintenance.
WORD FAMILYnounmaintenanceverbmaintain
1the repairs, painting etc that are necessary to keep something in good condition: the cost of repairs and maintenancemaintenance of The caretaker is responsible for the maintenance of the school buildings. The theatres were closed on Saturday and Sunday for routine maintenance. Engineers are carrying out essential maintenance work on the main line to Cambridge. an evening class in car maintenancemaintenance crew/man/staff (=someone who looks after buildings and equipment for a school or organization)2the act of making a state or situation continuemaintenance of The purpose of the UN is the maintenance of international peace and security. The maintenance of a firm currency plays an important part in the battle against inflation.3British English money paid by someone who is divorced to their former wife or husband SYN alimony: They have to find the fathers who abandon their children and make them pay maintenance.