"burden of maintenance" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the responsibility of taking care of something or someone and ensuring its upkeep and functioning. Example: In a divorce settlement, the father was granted the burden of maintenance for his children's education and basic needs.
According to the report of the CofE's church building review group, this means "very small congregations bear a heavy burden of maintenance".
The post-independence homeownership scheme was implemented to convert the rental housing to ownership so that the burden of maintenance would be transferred to individuals rather than the state.
However, the burden of maintenance, food, and housing costs during the waiting period in these Mexican cities fell to local municipal and state offices, as well as NGOs, churches, and others offering private donations.
However, the burden of maintenance, food, and housing costs during the waiting period in these Mexican cities fell to local municipal and state offices, as well as NGOs, churches, and others offering private donations.
This will include a demand for dental implant retained restorations and other costly forms of treatment with a high burden of maintenance.
An initial attempt to establish a national biobank in 2011 was not successful because of underutilization and the financial burden of maintenance [ 47].
This also applies to the complex business of radiotherapy, as the same organisational principles apply than in the heavy industry: restrict the role of operators, expect their mistakes, design in a mistake-proof way, accept the burden of preventive maintenances, supervise maintenance carefully and, above all, invest in safety.
Sustainable engineering solutions strive to achieve responsible stewardship of available resources and to avoid transferring the burden of costly maintenance or repair of civil infrastructure to future generations.
Stafford wished to retain the troops, but popular opposition to the financial burden of their maintenance resulted in the fall of his ministry.
When I indicated my recognition that the burden of garden maintenance would fall on my shoulders, Sandra challenged the ability of the plug-in hover mower, languishing in our shed, to produce her cherished stripes on our lawn.
"We are dismayed at the recent announcements, including an 11th hour bombshell that Priors Hardwick is to face the additional burden of a maintenance loop, along with the news that Warwickshire will now have six, maybe even seven, construction compounds," Mr Stevens said.
