pa ‧ li ‧ mo ‧ ny /ˈpæləməni, ˈpælɪməni $ -moʊni/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: pal + alimony ]
especially American English an amount of money that a law court orders someone to pay regularly to a former partner that they were living with but were not married to