maintenance

nouns

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
"he wrote the manual on car care"
care, maintenance, upkeep
is derived from
maintain
means of maintenance of a family or group
maintenance
is derived from
maintain
is a type of (narrower)
the financial means whereby one lives
"each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
alimony, maintenance
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
"they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep
is derived from
maintain
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
"unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"
criminal maintenance, maintenance