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palimony /ˈpalɪməni /noun [mass noun] informal, chiefly North AmericanCompensation made by one member of an unmarried couple to the other after separation: she is suing for palimony a palimony trial in California...- The previous holder of those titles had sued him in 1982 for palimony; the action was dismissed two years later.
- A partner in a Boston law firm, he initially offered to pay him $72,000 palimony for 10 years, list him as the beneficiary of a $500,000 life insurance policy, and split equally the proceeds from selling their house.
- A long-term girlfriend lost a £3m palimony suit against him when their romance ended after almost two decades in 1993.
Origin 1970s: from pal + a shortened form of alimony. Rhymes alimony |