Engelsk ordbok
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Engelsk substantiv: 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. | ||
| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | care, upkeep | ||
| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation | ||
| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 spesifikke uttrykk | 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 | ||
| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | alimony | ||
| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep | ||
| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | criminal maintenance | ||
| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct | ||
| Overordnet kategori | jurisprudence, law | ||
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