Collocations for "maintenance"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "maintenance" in context.
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maintenance
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [computer, building, factory, equipment, car, hotel] maintenance
- [in-house, external, internal, outsourced] maintenance
- [proper, correct, incorrect, shoddy, adequate] maintenance
- [costly, expensive, cheap, economic] maintenance
- [in charge of, responsible for] maintenance
- perform [basic, annual] maintenance
- with [proper] maintenance it will last for years
- the [car] is [high, medium, low] maintenance
- her [boyfriend, man, husband] is very high maintenance!
- [forced, ordered, obliged] to pay child maintenance
- [tools, equipment] used for maintenance
- the maintenance of [friendly, cordial, strong] relations
- maintenance [services, programs, rates, plans, management]
- maintenance [costs, expenses, budget, contracts]
- maintenance [work, workers, staff, personnel]
- a maintenance [truck, vehicle]
- a high-maintenance [wife, husband, partner, car]
'maintenance' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aircraft
- airplane
- backlog
- bike
- boat
- cabin
- car
- depot
- detail
- director
- downtime
- elevator
- estimate
- foreman
- formation
- garden
- home
- household
- infrastructure
- inspection
- installation
- janitor
- landlord
- lorry
- operation
- outage
- overhaul
- pool
- port
- prevent
- purport
- regularly
- require
- road
- routine
- schedule
- sewer
- shutdown
- sidewalk
- yacht