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What is the noun for maintain?

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maintenance
  1. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
  2. (law) A tort 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.
  3. (law) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
  4. (law) Child support.
  5. Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
  6. (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. conservation, preservation, conserving, preserving, safeguarding, safekeeping, upkeep, guardianship, preserval, retainment, support, protection, keeping, retention, keep, sustentation, care and feeding, care, conservancy, ward, saving, upholding, salvation, safeguard, custody, charge, perpetuation, supervision, storage, keeping alive, safe keeping, keeping going, keeping up, continuation, prolongation, sustaining, custodianship, trust, security, patronage, safety, tutelage, trusteeship, defence, protectorship, defense, possession, guard, guarding, protecting … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “The maintenance and preservation of greenery in the city have been highlighted as key concerns.”
      “I now turn to the reasons for the adoption and maintenance of this position.”
      “I have to take my car to the mechanic for some maintenance.”
maintainer
  1. Someone who keeps or upholds something.
  2. A person who does maintenance work.
  3. (dentistry) A device used to keep teeth in a given position.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. mainstay, anchor, pillar, foundation, cornerstone, backbone, basis, buttress, bulwark, base, core, reliance, strength, upholder, linchpin, bastion, centerpiece, centrepiece, support, lifeblood, sustainer, dependance, dependence, lynchpin, brace, crutch, prop, spine, central component, chief support, bread and butter, DNA, apologist, advocate, backer, supporter, promoter, champion, proponent, exponent, apostle, advocator, defender, propagandist, spokesman, campaigner, protector, spokesperson, pleader … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I'm happy, and hopefully the USB maintainer also will be happy with the changes.”
      “Greg Kroah-Hartman currently is the Linux kernel maintainer for a variety of different driver subsystems.”
      “The space maintainer will need to stay in place until the succedaneous tooth erupts into the extraction area.”
maintainability
  1. The ease with which something can be maintained.
  2. Examples:
      3. “What's more, there are issues related to equipment maintainability, reliability, hardening pattern repeatability, and downtime.”
      “We recommend that support and maintainability issues for new assets be addressed during the acquisition phase.”
      “This will improve the reliability and maintainability of the e-mail services while reducing duplication of effort.”
maintainership
  1. The property of being a maintainer.
maintaining
  1. The act of doing maintenance.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. continuation, continuance, endurance, continuity, durability, prolongation, persistence, duration, continuousness, abidance, extension, perpetuation, ceaselessness, protraction, preservation, subsistence, maintenance, continuing, lasting, prolonging, sustaining, propagation, furtherance, sustenance, tenacity, augmenting, enduring, perpetuating, persisting, preserving, protracting, carrying on, keeping up, drawing out, holding the line, carry over, going on, increase, succession, persistency, permanence, constancy, longevity, stability, lengthening, lastingness, survival, steadiness, perpetuity, everlastingness … more
maintenaunce
  1. Obsolete form of maintenance.
maintainabilities
  1. plural of maintainability
maintenaunces
  1. plural of maintenaunce
maintenances
  1. plural of maintenance
  2. Synonyms:
      3. conservations, preservations, preservings, safeguarding, safekeepings, upkeep, guardianships, retainments, supports, protections, keepings, retentions, sustentations, keeps, cares, conservancies, upholdings, perpetuations, savings, wards, continuations, custodies, salvations, charges, prolongations, sustainings, supervisions, safeguards, storages, custodianships, guarding, trusts, patronages, securities, sustainments, husbandries, tutelages, stewardships, safeties, trusteeships, managements, managings, cherishings, defences, protectorships, possessions, defenses, controls, guards, continuances … more
maintainers
  1. plural of maintainer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mainstays, anchors, pillars, foundations, cornerstones, backbone, bases, buttresses, bulwarks, core, reliance, strength, upholders, linchpins, bastions, centerpieces, centrepieces, support, lifeblood, sustainers, dependances, dependence, lynchpins, braces, crutches, props, spines, bread and butter, DNA, apologists, advocates, backers, supporters, promoters, champions, proponents, exponents, apostles, advocators, defenders, propagandists, spokesmen, campaigners, protectors, spokespersons, pleaders, spokeswomen, speakers, vindicators … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Networked connections would allow maintainers to monitor vehicle health and configure onboard software.”
      “These small patches can be concatenated together when distributed to project maintainers.”
      “It is inappropriate to force search engine maintainers to establish from all publishers if there is a linking permission.”
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