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m →Noun: {{rfv-sense|en}} Currently 0 cites on-entry. I have never seen this usage, nor do I know what to look for in a cite. Could be obsolete?? |
{{lb|en|obsolete}} 1. Obsolete supply of the means of living; maintenance Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. : the means of living : MAINTENANCE https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alimony ===Further reading=== * {{R:Collins English Dictionary}} * {{R:Lexico|pos=pn}} * {{R:OneLook}} * {{R:Merriam-Webster Online}} * {{R:TheFreeDictionary}} |
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#* {{quote-av|en|year=1985|medium=motion picture|title=St. Elmo's Fire|writers=Joel Schumacher; Carl Kurlander|role=Kevin Dolenz|actor=Andrew McCarthy|passage=Who won, huh? Nobody. Used to be sex was the only free thing, No longer. '''Alimony'''… palimony… it's all financial. Love is an illusion.}} |
#* {{quote-av|en|year=1985|medium=motion picture|title=St. Elmo's Fire|writers=Joel Schumacher; Carl Kurlander|role=Kevin Dolenz|actor=Andrew McCarthy|passage=Who won, huh? Nobody. Used to be sex was the only free thing, No longer. '''Alimony'''… palimony… it's all financial. Love is an illusion.}} |
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# The [[means]] to [[support]] [[life]]. {{rfv-sense|en}} |
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[means]] to [[support]] [[life]]. {{rfv-sense|en}} |
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Revision as of 00:08, 15 May 2023
English
Etymology
Known since 1655, from Latin alimōnia (“food, support, nourishment, sustenance”) (English aliment, as in alimentary), itself from alere (“to nourish”) + -mōnia (“action, state, condition”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun
alimony (countable and uncountable, plural alimonies)
- (law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
- Synonym: maintenance
- 1985, Joel Schumacher, Carl Kurlander, St. Elmo's Fire (motion picture), spoken by Kevin Dolenz (Andrew McCarthy):
- Who won, huh? Nobody. Used to be sex was the only free thing, No longer. Alimony… palimony… it's all financial. Love is an illusion.
- (obsolete) The means to support life. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Usage notes
In the United States culture, the term alimony can be considered politically incorrect, with favor for terms like spousal support.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
a court-enforced allowance
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the means to support life
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See also
Further reading
- “alimony”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “alimony, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “alimony”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “alimony”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “alimony” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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