maintenance
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Is maintenance a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of maintenance?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (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.uncountableusually
2. (law, UK) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.UKuncountableusually
3. (law) Child support.uncountableusually
4. (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.uncountableusually
5. (Philippines, medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of maintenance medicine.Philippinesabbreviationalt-ofcolloquialellipsisuncountableusually
6. (software engineering, attributive) Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.Examples: "a maintenance release; a maintenance version"attributiveuncountableusually
Definition source: Wiktionary