Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Maintenance.
- noun A writ used in cases of maintenance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Maintenance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
maintenance
Etymologies
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Latin manus hand + tenere to hold.
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