alimony
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Etymology[edit]
Known since 1655, from Latin alimōnia (“food, support, nourishment, sustenance”) (English aliment, as in alimentary), itself from alere (“to nourish”) + -mōnia (“action, state, condition”).
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Noun[edit]
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, 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.
- The means to support life.
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a court-enforced allowance
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the means to support life
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