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alimony

alimony

73 6.3
Money a court orders one partner to pay the other after divorce to help them
  • noun
  • /ˈælɪˌmoʊni/
  • Formal
translation icon : pensión alimenticia
  • Both sides submitted documents confirming an agreement reached by their clients regarding alimony and maintenance.
  • alimony payments
  • monthly alimony
  • alimony and child support

What does it do to the value of the alimony?

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Examples

  • You pay your alimony on time and she'll leave you alone.

  • "What with my alimony payments and raising two kids, I'm lucky to have two nickels to scrape together."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I mean, this could be an issue with alimony and child support.

  • Child support was ended and alimony was cut by more than half.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Back then, there was alimony, plus my job at the post office.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • A year later, he was back in court and won another reduction in alimony.

    Academic text (1996)
  • I quit paying her the alimony and she's broke.

  • And so if your spouse is paying that alimony and it's coming out of marital earning, then it is basically coming out of what is your money.

  • "A man who owes me nearly $13,000 in overdue alimony is someone, Ridge, I'm going to keep an eye on."

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Mom wanted me to remind you that the alimony check is due Monday.

Synonyms

maintenance
vsalimony
  • Formal
21 4.4

Money paid to an ex-partner or children to help support them after a divorce

is confined to court-ordered payments from one spouse to the other after divorce
support payment
vsalimony
  • Formal
7 3.5

A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner

is specific to post-divorce spouse support rather than general maintenance payments
manimony payment
vsalimony
  • Formal
9.9

Money a man receives from his ex-wife after a divorce by court order

is the general court-ordered spouse support not limited by recipient gender

Antonyms

Being able to meet your own needs without help from others

Compounds

9.9

A person who depends on money from an ex and feels trapped

How Much

support payment
  • Formal
7 3.5
alimony
  • Formal
73 6.3

Surface Forms

alimony singular
alimonies plural

Etymology

Alimony comes from the Latin root aliment, which means 'food' or 'nourishment'. So alimony is money meant to 'nourish' or support a former spouse after divorce.