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alimonyal‧i‧mo‧ny /ˈæləməni $ -moʊni/ noun [uncountable]   alimonyOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin alimonia ‘supply of things needed to live’, from alere; ➔ ALIMENTARY CANAL - Because Jean had given up a career to support her husband's career, the court ordered him to pay alimony.
- His alimony amounts to around one thousand dollars a month.
- Brenda has been swindled out of her alimony by greedy, unscrupulous Morty, a discount electronics magnate.
- If you pay it, alimony is tax deductible.
- Lissa, his ex-wife, wanted him found and substantial alimony coughed up.
- These days love is marriage and its compensation is alimony or success.
money that you pay to your former husband or wife► maintenance British /child support American money that is paid regularly by someone to their former wife or husband in order to support their children: · Failure to pay child support is a growing problem.· I have no job and receive no maintenance from my children's father.· The judge set her child support at ten dollars a week.· He gives no money for the care of his son, and Aurora has abandoned plans to pursue child support.maintenance/child support payments: · The court will now force him to meet maintenance payments. ► alimony an amount of money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to their former husband or wife after their marriage has ended: · Because Jean had given up a career to support her husband's career, the court ordered him to pay alimony.· His alimony amounts to around one thousand dollars a month. to provide money for someone else to live on► provide for to provide money for your family to live on: · When she was unemployed it was very difficult to provide for her children.· A life insurance policy enables you to provide for your family after your death.well provided for: · He left his family well-provided for. ► support to provide enough money for someone to pay for all the things they need, especially if you do this by working: · He has a wife and two children to support.· A lot of people can barely earn enough to support themselves, let alone their families.· My parents didn't have to support me when I was at college because I received a grant. ► pay maintenance British to pay a regular amount of money to the person you used to be married to, especially to support children of yours that you no longer live with: · Maintenance will be paid until the child reaches 18 or leaves full-time education. ► pay child support to pay a regular amount of money to help support children of yours that you no longer live with: · He had been paying child support for his two children since 1985. ► pay alimony to pay a regular amount of money to the person you used to be married to: · The judge ordered McFadden to pay alimony of $2,400 a month. money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after their marriage has ended → maintenance |