Engelsk navneord: maintenance | |||
1. | maintenance (om handling) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He wrote the manual on car care. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | care, upkeep | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation | ||
Mere specifikke termer | camera care, car care, inspection and repair, overhaul, pump priming, scheduled maintenance, service, steam fitting | ||
2. | maintenance (om forhold) means of maintenance of a family or group | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance | ||
3. | maintenance (om forhold) court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | alimony | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | support payment | ||
4. | maintenance (om handling) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They were in want of sustenance. Fishing was their main sustainment. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | support | ||
5. | maintenance (om handling) 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 | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | criminal maintenance | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct | ||
Overordnet emneområde | jurisprudence, law | ||