noun
- money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to a former spouse after a divorce
Usage: legal
Examples
- He pays $2,000 in alimony each month to his ex-wife.
- The judge ordered alimony payments for three years.
- She received alimony until she remarried.
- The divorce settlement included both child support and alimony.
- His alimony obligations will end when his former spouse turns 65.
- The court reduced his alimony payments due to his job loss.