alimony
alimony[ˈalɪməni]noun- [mass noun](chiefly US)a husband's (or wife's) provision for a spouse after separation or divorce; maintenance
(主 美)(夫妻分居或离婚后付给配偶的)赡养费
语源- early 17th cent. (in the sense 'nourishment, means of subsistence'): from Latin alimonia 'nutriment', from alere 'nourish'
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