sustentation

Sustenance or maintenance, as with money.

Something that sustains; a support.

Support; preservation from falling or sinking.

Maintenance: especially, support of life; sustenance.

The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.

The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.

a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc..

The act, or the result of sustaining; sustainment.

The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth.

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence