alimony[noun]Synonyms: living, alimentation, bread, bread and butter, keep, livelihood, maintenance, subsistence, support, sustenance
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al‧i‧mo‧ny /ˈæləməni, ˈælɪməni $ -moʊni/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: alimonia 'supply of things needed to live', from alere; ⇒ alimentary canal]
money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after their marriage has ended ⇒
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