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   alimony

   /ˈalɪməni/

   noun

   • 1. financial support that a person is ordered by a court to give to their spouse during separation or following divorce; maintenance: North American "he is said to have paid $300,000 alimony to his first wife"

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

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