"maintenance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/, /ˈmeɪntɪnəns/, [ˈmẽɪ̃(n)ʔ(ə)nəns] Audio: En-us-maintenance.ogg [US] Forms: maintenances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus tenēre (“to hold in the hand”). By surface analysis, maintain + -ance. Note that maintain has undergone a sound and spelling change, hence is spelt with -tain-, rather than the -ten- still found in maintenance. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|mayntenaunce}} Middle English mayntenaunce, {{der|en|fro|maintenance}} Old French maintenance, {{m|fro|maintenir}} maintenir, {{der|en|la||manus tenēre|to hold in the hand}} Latin manus tenēre (“to hold in the hand”), {{surf|en|maintain|-ance}} By surface analysis, maintain + -ance, {{m|en|maintain}} maintain, {{m|en||-tain-}} -tain-, {{m|en||-ten-}} -ten-, {{m|en||maintenance}} maintenance Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} maintenance (usually uncountable, plural maintenances)
  1. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (keeping a machine or system in service — see also care): صِيَانَة (ṣiyāna) [feminine] (Arabic), սպասարկում (spasarkum) (Armenian), qulluq (Azerbaijani), поддръ́жка (poddrǎ́žka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), manteniment [masculine] (Catalan), خزمەت (xizmet) (Central Kurdish), 保養 (Chinese Mandarin), 保养 (bǎoyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 維持 (Chinese Mandarin), 维持 (wéichí) (Chinese Mandarin), 保守 (bǎoshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), údržba [feminine] (Czech), obsluha [feminine] (Czech), vedligeholdelse [common-gender] (Danish), service [neuter] (Danish), onderhoud [neuter] (Dutch), handhaving [feminine] (Dutch), bontenado (Esperanto), hooldus (Estonian), kunnossapito (Finnish), entretien [masculine] (French), maintenance [feminine] (French), mantemento [masculine] (Galician), ტექნიკური მომსახურება (ṭekniḳuri momsaxureba) (Georgian), Instandhaltung [feminine] (German), Wartung [feminine] (German), szerviz (Hungarian), karbantartás (Hungarian), viðhald [neuter] (Icelandic), perawatan (Indonesian), pemeliharaan (Indonesian), نِگَهْداری (negahdâri) (Iranian Persian), coinneáil [feminine] (Irish), manutenzione [feminine] (Italian), 保守 (hoshu) (alt: ほしゅ) (Japanese), 維持 (iji) (alt: いじ) (Japanese), 보존 (bojon) (alt: 保存) (Korean), 유지 (yuji) (alt: 維持) (Korean), tuitiō [feminine] (Latin), одржување (održuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), penyenggaraan (Malay), പരിപാലനം (paripālanaṁ) (Malayalam), डागडुजी (ḍāgḍujī) [feminine] (Marathi), देखरेख (dekhrekh) [feminine] (Marathi), vedlikehold [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vedlikehald [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), konserwacja [feminine] (Polish), manutenção [feminine] (Portuguese), обслу́живание (obslúživanije) [neuter] (Russian), ремо́нт (remónt) [masculine] (Russian), подде́ржка (poddéržka) [feminine] (Russian), gleidheadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cumail suas [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), одржа́вање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), održávanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), údržba [feminine] (Slovak), obsluha [feminine] (Slovak), mantenimiento [masculine] (Spanish), underhåll [neuter] (Swedish), panataman (Tagalog), нигоҳдорӣ (nigohdorī) (Tajik), bakım (Turkish), обслуго́вування (obsluhóvuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ремо́нт (remónt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), до́гляд (dóhljad) [masculine] (Ukrainian), підтри́мка (pidtrýmka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bảo trì (Vietnamese), bảo dưỡng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-maintenance-en-noun-xsb7av1H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 25 4 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 25 14 22 22 5 12 Disambiguation of 'keeping a machine or system in service — see also care': 76 7 11 2 2 2
  2. (law) A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Translations (tort): 助訟 (Chinese Cantonese), 助讼 (zo⁶ zung⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 助訟 (Chinese Mandarin), 助讼 (zhùsòng) (Chinese Mandarin), hævdelse [common-gender] (Danish), forsvar [neuter] (Danish)
    Sense id: en-maintenance-en-noun-zEgZmAaB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 25 4 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 25 14 22 22 5 12 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'tort': 9 54 21 9 4 3
  3. (law, UK) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce. Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-maintenance-en-noun-Yv26BmPx Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 25 4 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 25 14 22 22 5 12 Topics: law
  4. (law) Child support. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-maintenance-en-noun-EI2fZyDh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 25 4 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 25 14 22 22 5 12 Topics: law
  5. Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (money to provide for the means of living): издръ́жка (izdrǎ́žka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), elantokustannukset [plural] (Finnish), Unterhalt (German), tuitiō [feminine] (Latin), moni oranga (Maori), utrzymanie [neuter] (Polish), содержа́ние (soderžánije) [neuter] (Russian), подде́ржка (poddéržka) [feminine] (Russian), утри́мання (utrýmannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-maintenance-en-noun-2mmmCE0z Disambiguation of 'money to provide for the means of living': 5 7 7 7 47 26
  6. (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biology Translations (process of keeping an organism alive): bontenado (Esperanto), elintoimintojen ylläpito (Finnish), maintenance (French), mantenimento (Italian), mantimento (Portuguese), mantenimiento (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-maintenance-en-noun-4Ia2kkZc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 20 20 25 4 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 25 14 22 22 5 12 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'process of keeping an organism alive': 3 2 2 2 1 90
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          "word": "ტექნიკური მომსახურება"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
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          "word": "coinneáil"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
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          "word": "manutenzione"
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          "alt": "ほしゅ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hoshu",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "word": "保守"
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        {
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          "alt": "いじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iji",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
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          "alt": "保存",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bojon",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "word": "보존"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "維持",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yuji",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "word": "유지"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xizmet",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "word": "خزمەت"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
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          "word": "tuitiō"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "održuvanje",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "одржување"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "word": "penyenggaraan"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "paripālanaṁ",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
          "word": "പരിപാലനം"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ḍāgḍujī",
          "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42",
          "text": "They are all preventable by proper maintenance, but non-safety critical maintenance has to be evaluated, so failures are an accepted penalty for keeping maintenance costs down.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "functioning",
          "functioning"
        ],
        [
          "in service",
          "in service"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "tort",
          "tort"
        ],
        [
          "jurisdiction",
          "jurisdiction"
        ],
        [
          "offence",
          "offence"
        ],
        [
          "third party",
          "third party"
        ],
        [
          "bona fide",
          "bona fide"
        ],
        [
          "lawsuit",
          "lawsuit"
        ],
        [
          "litigant",
          "litigant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "Alimony",
          "alimony"
        ],
        [
          "lump sum",
          "lump sum"
        ],
        [
          "spouse",
          "spouse"
        ],
        [
          "divorce",
          "divorce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, UK) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Child support."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "Child support",
          "child support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) Child support."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The natural process which keeps an organism alive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeɪntɪnəns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmẽɪ̃(n)ʔ(ə)nəns]"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣiyāna",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صِيَانَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "spasarkum",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "սպասարկում"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "qulluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poddrǎ́žka",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поддръ́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manteniment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "保養"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎoyǎng",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "保养"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "維持"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéichí",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "维持"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎoshǒu",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "保守"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "údržba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obsluha"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vedligeholdelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "service"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onderhoud"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "handhaving"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "bontenado"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "hooldus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "kunnossapito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entretien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maintenance"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mantemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭekniḳuri momsaxureba",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "ტექნიკური მომსახურება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Instandhaltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wartung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "szerviz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "karbantartás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "viðhald"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "perawatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "pemeliharaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coinneáil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manutenzione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hoshu",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "保守"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iji",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "維持"
    },
    {
      "alt": "保存",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bojon",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "보존"
    },
    {
      "alt": "維持",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuji",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "유지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "xizmet",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "خزمەت"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuitiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "održuvanje",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одржување"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "penyenggaraan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paripālanaṁ",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "പരിപാലനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ḍāgḍujī",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "डागडुजी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "dekhrekh",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "देखरेख"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vedlikehold"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vedlikehald"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "negahdâri",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "نِگَهْداری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konserwacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manutenção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obslúživanije",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обслу́живание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "remónt",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ремо́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddéržka",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gleidheadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cumail suas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одржа́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "održávanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "údržba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obsluha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mantenimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "underhåll"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "panataman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "nigohdorī",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "нигоҳдорӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "bakım"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obsluhóvuvannja",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обслуго́вування"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "remónt",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ремо́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dóhljad",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́гляд"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidtrýmka",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "підтри́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "bảo trì"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "keeping a machine or system in service — see also care",
      "word": "bảo dưỡng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "tort",
      "word": "助訟"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zo⁶ zung⁶",
      "sense": "tort",
      "word": "助讼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tort",
      "word": "助訟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhùsòng",
      "sense": "tort",
      "word": "助讼"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tort",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hævdelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tort",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "forsvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdrǎ́žka",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "издръ́жка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "elantokustannukset"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "word": "Unterhalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuitiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "word": "moni oranga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "utrzymanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soderžánije",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "содержа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddéržka",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подде́ржка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "utrýmannja",
      "sense": "money to provide for the means of living",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "утри́мання"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "process of keeping an organism alive",
      "word": "bontenado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process of keeping an organism alive",
      "word": "elintoimintojen ylläpito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "process of keeping an organism alive",
      "word": "maintenance"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "process of keeping an organism alive",
      "word": "mantenimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of keeping an organism alive",
      "word": "mantimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of keeping an organism alive",
      "word": "mantenimiento"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "maintenance"
  ],
  "word": "maintenance"
}

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