noun. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.

noun. A means of livelihood; maintenance.

noun. In law: An allowance which a husband or former husband may be forced to pay to his wife or former wife, living legally separate from him, for her maintenance.

noun. In Scots law, aliment.

noun. Maintenance; means of living.

noun. 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.

noun. A court-enforced allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

noun. The means to support life.

noun. court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

"Cynthia George, attorney for Lorrie Nantz, who had been seeking $1.5 million annually in alimony and child support, had no comment on the ruling."

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