alimony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alimony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for alimony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alimony n court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated Synonym(s): alimony, maintenance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alimony \Al"imony\, n. [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.] 1. Maintenance; means of living. 2. (Law) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same. --Wharton. Burrill.