Associations to the word «Alimony»

Wiktionary

ALIMONY, noun. (legal) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
ALIMONY, noun. The means to support life.

Dictionary definition

ALIMONY, noun. Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke