[ˈalɪməni], (Noun)

Definitions:
- financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance
(e.g: he is said to have paid $300,000 alimony to his first wife)


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Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘nourishment, means of subsistence’): from Latin alimonia ‘nutriment’, from alere ‘nourish’