Definitionen
1.NounActions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
2.NounA 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.
3.NounAlimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
4.NounChild support.
5.NounMoney required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
6.NounThe natural process which keeps an organism alive.
7.NounEllipsis of maintenance medicine.
8.NounSoftware updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features."a maintenance release; a maintenance version"