Definitions for alimony

alimony al·i·mo·ny

Spelling: [al-uh-moh-nee]
IPA: /ˈæl əˌmoʊ ni/

Alimony is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in alimony (ailmnoy).

Definitions for alimony

noun

  1. Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
  2. supply of the means of living; maintenance.

Origin of alimony

1645-55; Latin alimōnia nourishment, sustenance, derivative of alimōn- (stem of alimō), equivalent to ali- (see aliment) + -mōn- action noun suffix parallel to -me

Examples for alimony

The judge had fixed her alimony at $30,000 a year, and an allowance for costs.

Item 11 “alimony received”… If only my first marriage had gone that well.

A voluntary separation, with alimony on one side and on the other!

Where paternity is established the father is liable for support (or alimony).

If the marriage was invalid, Grayson does not have to pay out a dime in alimony as opposed to a divorce.

“I am a fan of alimony reform and I am a fan of the law Massachusetts passed in 2011,” Wood told me.

The next turn went on, and all went as merry as an alimony bell.

More specifically, she is using his death as a rallying cry for alimony reform and raising the question: Is alimony anti-feminist?

A voluntary separation, with alimony on one side and on the other.

In the last three decades, courts have begun to apply gender parity to the awarding of alimony.

Word Value for alimony
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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