maintenance: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 15 letter points · starts with M · ends with E
Meaning of maintenance
noun
- uncountable, usually
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- uncountable, usually
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.
- UK, uncountable, usually
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
- uncountable, usually
Child support.
Listed forms: maintenances.
Source: Wiktionary — maintenance.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for maintenance.
noun
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
noun
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
noun
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
noun
the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
- criminal maintenance
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is maintenance in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of maintenance
M(3) + A(1) + I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + N(1) + A(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of maintenance
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from maintenance
191 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in maintenance. Showing up to 24, longest first.