alimony
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈælɪˌmoʊni/
- Formal
:
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?
- What does it do to the value of the alimony?
- In a marriage, dowry and in a divorce, alimony.
- And it it talks about a lot of female clients who are paying alimony to their husbands and and it it stings.
Examples
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You pay your alimony on time and she'll leave you alone.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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"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
21
4.4
Money paid to an ex-partner or children to help support them after a divorce
7
3.5
A regular payment one person gives to help pay for a child or former partner
Money a man receives from his ex-wife after a divorce by court order
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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.