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support payment vs maintenance

maintenance vs support payment

support payment and maintenance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
support payment Yes No No No
maintenance Yes No No No
As nouns, maintenance is a hyponym of support payment; that is, maintenance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than support payment:
  • support payment: a payment made by one person for the support of another
  • maintenance: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Other hyponyms of support payment include palimony, alimony, child support.
support payment (noun) maintenance (noun)
a payment made by one person for the support of another activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
means of maintenance of a family or group
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Difference between support payment and maintenance

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