The condition of being the foster child.
The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
The act of promoting or encouraging something.
The act of caring for another human being or animal.
Child support.
The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.