1. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; continuance; defence; means of support; an officious intermeddling in a suit in which the person has no interest. Cap of maintenance, a cap of dignity, formerly belonging to the rank of a duke.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• maintanance,
• maintannce,
• mainteanace,
• manteinance,
• mainteanance,
• maintinence,
• maintanace,
• maintnace,
• maintenaned,
• mantanance,
• maintaniance,
• meintenence,
• mantenance,
• maintenence,
• maintamance,
• maintinace,
• maintenansce,
• maintanane,
• maintenece,
• maintance

• maintainable,
• maintained,
• maintain,
• man-to-man,
• maintenon,
• Mandaean,
• maintainer.

The adjective form of the word "maintenance" is "maintenanced".

The plural of the "maintenance" can be the "maintenances".

The singular of the "maintenance" can be the "maintenance".