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alimony

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al·i·mo·ny  (l-mn)
n. pl. al·i·mo·nies
1. Law An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
2. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

[Latin alimnia, sustenance, from alere, to nourish; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.]

alimony [ˈælɪmənɪ]
n
(Law) Law (formerly) an allowance paid under a court order by one spouse to another when they are separated but not divorced See also maintenance
[from Latin alimōnia sustenance, from alere to nourish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.alimony - court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
support payment - a payment made by one person for the support of another

alimony
noun maintenance, keep, support, allowance, livelihood, subsistence, upkeep, sustenance, living expenses, aliment A great deal of his money went in alimony to his ex-wives.
Translations
alimony [ˈælɪmənɪ] N (Jur) → pensión f alimenticia
alimony [ˈælɪməni] n (= payment) → pension f alimentaire
to pay alimony → verser une pension alimentaire
alimony
nUnterhaltszahlung f; to pay alimonyUnterhalt zahlen
alimony [ˈælɪmənɪ] n (Law) (payment) → alimenti mpl


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Her husband had given her the farm and she had managed to sell it, and with that and the alimony she had started a lunch-room at Bettsbridge and bloomed into activity and importance.
About 80,000 went in payments on all the estates to the Land Bank, about 30,000 went for the upkeep of the estate near Moscow, the town house, and the allowance to the three princesses; about 15,000 was given in pensions and the same amount for asylums; 150,000 alimony was sent to the countess; about 70,00 went for interest on debts.
And, far from saving anything by Annabella's inheritance of her pin-money, he had a positive loss to put up with, in the shape of some hundreds extracted yearly from his income, as alimony to his uncongenial wife.
 
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