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Definition of: maintenance
(mān′tə·nəns) noun
1. The act of maintaining.
2. Means of support.
3. Law The officious intermeddling in a suit, by assisting or maintaining either party, with money or otherwise. [<OF maintenance <maintenir MAINTAIN]
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