maintainable Definition

maintain
verb maintained, maintaining

1. To continue; to keep something in existence.

Example: must maintain this level of commitment
Thesaurus: continue, preserve, persevere, carry on, perpetuate; Antonym: abandon, discontinue.
2. To keep something in good condition; to preserve it.

Example: The property has been beautifully maintained
Thesaurus: care for, nurture, preserve, keep, conserve; Antonym: neglect.
3. To pay the expenses of someone or something; to support them financially.

Example: a duty to maintain his children
4. To continue to argue something; to affirm or assert (eg an opinion, one's innocence, etc).

Thesaurus: assert, attest, declare, avow, hold, contend, allege, claim, insist, profess; Antonym: deny.

Derivative: maintainable
adj

Derivative: maintained
adj

Note: especially in compounds
Said of a school, etc: financially supported, eg from public funds.
Example: grant-maintained

Derivative: maintainer
noun

Etymology: 13c: from French maintenir, from Latin manu tenere to hold in the hand.