Definition of Alimony

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Alimony

Maintenance; means of living.

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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Alimony Quotations

Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
Groucho Marx

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much.
Don Adams

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.
H. L. Mencken

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.
Norman Mailer

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
John Barrymore

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.
Linda Evans

People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.
Gay Talese

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.
Dick Schaap

Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.
Arthur Baer

Alimony Translations

alimony in German is Unterhaltszahlung {f}, Unterhalt, Alimente {f}

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