maintenance

maintenance
A set minimum margin (per outstanding futures contract) that a customer must maintain in his margin account. Chicago Board of Trade glossary
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Appropriate ongoing adjustments to security holder records. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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maintenance main‧te‧nance [ˈmeɪntnəns] noun [uncountable]
1. MANUFACTURING the repairs, painting etc necessary to keep something in good condition or working as it should:

• The line will be re-opened once essential maintenance is completed.

• Technicians were doing routine maintenance work on the aircraft.

2. when something is continued in the same way or at the same level as before:
maintenance of

• The maintenance of economic growth is very important.

ˌresale-ˈprice ˌmaintenance COMMERCE LAW
a system in which the price of goods is fixed by the manufacturer and the person selling them is not allowed to reduce the price. Resale-price maintenance is against the law in some countries, including the US, because it limits competition
3. money paid by a Divorced person (= someone who has legally ended their marriage) to their former wife or husband, especially towards the cost of looking after their children; = Child Support Bre; , alimony AmE:

• He has to pay £500 per week maintenance to his ex-wife.

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maintenance UK US /ˈmeɪntənəns/ noun [U]
► the activity of keeping a building, vehicle, road, etc. in good condition by checking it regularly and repairing it when necessary: »

Refineries typically schedule yearly maintenance.

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Components necessary for the maintenance of our fleet of helicopters often have to be ordered from abroad.

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The city budget for street repair and maintenance was cut for this fiscal year.

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maintenance work/services/procedures

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maintenance contracts/costs

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maintenance workers/staff/crew

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rail/road/building maintenance

 perform/provide/carry out maintenance »

We have a large team of IT staff who provide ongoing system and applications maintenance.

 bad/poor/routine maintenance »

A leak in the pipeline was discovered during routine maintenance and inspection work.

► the process of making sure that something continues in the same way or at the same level: »

Authorities consider these measures to be necessary for the maintenance of sound health and sanitary conditions at the factory.

► FINANCE, LAW regular payments that a person must make by law in order to support their child or previous marriage partner, for example after a divorce : »

She continues to receive maintenance payments from her former partner.

→ See also RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE(Cf. ↑resale price maintenance), TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE(Cf. ↑total productive maintenance)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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