alimony

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

alimony
    n 1: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after
         they are separated [syn: {alimony}, {maintenance}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Alimony \Al"i*mo*ny\, n. [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment,
   sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.]
   1. Maintenance; means of living.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "alimony":
      aid, alimentation, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance,
      bounty, bread, bread and butter, depletion allowance, dole,
      fellowship, financial assistance, grant, grant-in-aid,
      guaranteed annual income, help, keep, livelihood, maintenance,
      old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pension, price support,
      public assistance, public welfare, relief, retirement benefits,
      scholarship, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence,
      subvention, support, sustenance, tax benefit, welfare, welfare aid,
      welfare payments

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