maintenance

Definition:
1. The act of keeping something in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly.
2. The act of making a state or situation continue.
3. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.

Use 'maintenance' in a sentence:

1. An increase in the number of workers is available for temperature maintenance.
2. The lack of adequate maintenance and daily attention to such a majestic building is the cause of this catastrophe.
3. Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance.
4. She was a high-maintenance girl who needed lots of attention that I wasn't able to give her.
5. His firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.
6. In 1911 a maintenance worker at the Louvre walked out of the museum with the "Mona Lisa", hidden under his smock.
7. The maintenance programme will additionally seek to keep the sites free of graffiti.
8. Maintenance of humidity is vital for ciliary function.
9. Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing and maintenance manager for the whole company will be open in a few months, and he would like to be promoted to the job.
10. The first commercially available driverless cars will almost certainly be fielded by ride-hailing services, considering the cost of self-driving technology as well as liability and maintenance issues ．
11. The maintenance department is responsible for the general upkeep of the park.
12. Most of them are paid for what they do, whether they are doing maintenance or cooking and cleaning.
13. Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center.
14. This truck looks like what I need but I'm worried about maintenance.
15. There is a backlog of repairs and maintenance in schools.
16. We aim to develop compounds that fool cells into activating maintenance and repair.
17. A lot of the cost of maintenance went into renewing brakes.
18. Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance themselves.
19. Paths and secondary roads were improved only at the request of communities who were willing to participate in construction and maintenance.
20. He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.
21. The school pays for heating and the maintenance of the buildings.
22. The entire structure has benefited from an upgraded maintenance program that has also included restoration of some of the EEOB's most spectacular historic interiors.
23. Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.
24. We wanted to be here early in case the whatsit, maintenance supervisor had forgotten to deal with it.
25. Older windows and doors require maintenance--scraping, painting and caulking.
26. Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in long-term maintenance of body weight.
27. The only way college could be free is if the faculty and staff donated their time, the buildings required no maintenance, and campuses required no utilities.
28. The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets.
29. If you are a janitor, don't try and dress it up by calling yourself a maintenance engineer.
30. But the only way college could be free is if the faculty and staff donated their time, the buildings required no maintenance, and campuses required no utilities.
31. Yes, I was on my way to apply for a maintenance position.
32. Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another division of the company.
33. Here's the most basic computer maintenance kit that I think any user should have.
34. Under the terms of the lease , you have to pay maintenance charges.
35. Under the terms of the lease, you have to pay maintenance charges.
36. The window had been replaced last week during routine maintenance.
37. The operator has to be able to carry out routine maintenance of the machine.
38. Small gardens can be high maintenance.
39. In the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance.
40. Careful maintenance can extend the life of your car.
41. One advantage of pitfall traps is that they can be used to collect over a period of time with minimal maintenance and intervention.
42. That's what the maintenance engineer says.
43. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself.