noun Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
noun 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.
noun Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
noun Child support.
noun Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
noun The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
noun Ellipsis of maintenance medicine.
noun Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.