different between maintenance vs renewal
maintenance
English
Etymology
From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus ten?re (“to hold in the hand”). Surface analysis is maintain +? -ance.
Note that maintain has undergone a sound and spelling change, hence is spelt with -tain-, rather than the -ten- still found in maintenance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?me?nt(?)n?ns/, /?me?nt?n?ns/
Noun
maintenance (usually uncountable, plural maintenances)
- Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- (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.
- (law, Britain) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
- (law) Child support.
- Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
- (biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Derived terms
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Further reading
- maintenance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- maintenance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- maintenance at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
maintenir (“to maintain”) +? -ance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??t.n??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
maintenance f (plural maintenances)
- maintenance
Further reading
- “maintenance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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renewal
English
Etymology
renew +? -al
Pronunciation
Noun
renewal (countable and uncountable, plural renewals)
- The act of renewing.
- (fencing) An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.
Synonyms
- renew
Derived terms
- nonrenewal
- renewal theory
- urban renewal
Translations
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