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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Alimony

/ăl'-əm-ōnˌ-ē/ · Al·i·mo·ny · IPA /ˈæl.ə.moʊ.ni/
01 n. Maintenance; means of living.
  1. 1.
    Maintenance; means of living.
  2. 2.
    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.(Law)