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noun
1.
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
2.
supply of the means of living; maintenance.
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Alimony
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Example Sentences
- Hummel, on behalf of the plaintiff, asked for an allowance of alimony.
- Another concern is that courts order insufficient alimony payments and too often favour men in custody cases.
- He needed something to renew his energies and, not incidentally, a means of making his alimony and child-support payments.
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| alimony (ˈælɪmənɪ) | |
| —n | |
| law See also maintenance (formerly) an allowance paid under a court order by one spouse to another when they are separated but not divorced | |
| [C17: from Latin alimōnia sustenance, from alere to nourish] | |
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Word Origin & History
alimony
1650s, from L. alimonia "food, support, nourishment, sustenance," from alere "to nourish" (see old) + -monia suffix signifying action, state, condition (cognate with Gk. -men). Derived form palimony coined 1979.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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alimony
in divorce law, compensation owed by one spouse to the other for financial support after divorce. Alimony aims at support of the one spouse, not punishment of the other. In some places, the term means simply a property settlement irrespective of future support. Alimony has traditionally been granted from husbands to wives but has occasionally been granted from wives to husbands.
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