maintenance
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
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.
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Child support.
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Ellipsis of maintenance medicine.
Software updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing