noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Because Jean had given up a career to support her husband's career, the court ordered him to pay alimony .
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His alimony amounts to around one thousand dollars a month.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brenda has been swindled out of her alimony by greedy, unscrupulous Morty, a discount electronics magnate.
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If you pay it, alimony is tax deductible.
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Lissa, his ex-wife, wanted him found and substantial alimony coughed up.
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These days love is marriage and its compensation is alimony or success.