/ ˈælɪməni; NAmE -moʊni/ noun
[ U ] ( especially NAmE ) the money that a court orders sb to pay regularly to their former wife or husband when the marriage is ended
—compare maintenance , palimony
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense nourishment, means of subsistence ): from Latin alimonia nutriment, meaning nourishment, from alere nourish.