manimony payment
- noun
- /ˈmænɪˌmoʊni ˈpeɪmənt/
- Formal
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pensión alimentaria para hombres
- The court ruled in favor of a monthly manimony payment to support his living expenses.
Examples
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After the divorce, Mark received a manimony payment from his former spouse.
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The court ordered a substantial manimony payment to be made monthly to ensure his financial stability after the separation.
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Debates around manimony payment have grown as more women become primary earners.
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He received a manimony payment after the divorce.
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Many men are entitled to manimony payments in divorce cases.
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After the divorce, Mark received a manimony payment from his former spouse to help with his living expenses.
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As part of their divorce settlement, Tom was awarded a manimony payment that he would receive for several years.
Synonyms
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6.3
Money a court orders one partner to pay the other after divorce to help them
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4.4
Money paid to an ex-partner or children to help support them after a divorce
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3.5
A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
manimony + payment
The compound signals a payment (payment) made to a man, and the coined form 'manimony' transparently echoes 'alimony', so a learner can infer a divorce-related financial transfer. However 'manimony' is nonstandard and the precise legal nuance (court-ordered support, frequency, who pays) is not fully predictable without prior exposure or cultural/legal knowledge, so it is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Manimony payment is a modern play on the older word 'alimony'. People put man at the front to show the money goes to a man, so it now means 'a support payment to a man' after divorce.