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noun

Alimony n.

Maintenance; means of living.

(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.

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Etymology of 'Alimony'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Alimony" Quotes from Famous Books

... enjoyment. The Cool Head, who always graces such occasions, rang the curtain down, and two platoons of scene shifters respectively and more or less respectfully removed Hart & Cherry from the stage. The next turn went on, and all went as merry as an alimony bell. ...

— Strictly Business • O. Henry

... dissatisfied with their hardships, and hanker after more power, more freedom, and less work? When marriage is so profitable, is it strange that some of them want a great deal of it, and go through the divorce courts three or four times with a rush, picking up scraps of alimony and leaving scraps of reputation along ...

— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens

... the Fool! then she's expensive, and for want of Alimony, jilts all the believing Block-heads that she ...

— The Works of Aphra Behn - Volume IV. • Aphra Behn

... at the time," he hastened to add. "I felt as though I had actually proposed, and might have to pay alimony." ...

— The Ne'er-Do-Well • Rex Beach

... ears? You feel that there should be one strung through her nose, too. There is a story abroad that she is the consort of a well known millionaire of Chicago; after several unsuccessful attempts on her part at stabbing him, he is giving half his fortune in alimony to get rid of her. The other night at Ricks' she threw a plate at a man because for five minutes he paid more attention to her woman friend than to ...

— Reno - A Book of Short Stories and Information • Lilyan Stratton

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