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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
alimony


ali·mony BrE [ˈælɪməni] NAmE [ˈælɪmoʊni] noun uncountable (especially NAmE)
the money that a court orders sb to pay regularly to their former wife or husband when the marriage is ended
compare maintenance, ↑palimony

Word Origin:
[alimony] early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘nourishment, means of subsistence’): from Latin alimonia ‘nutriment’, meaning nourishment, from alere ‘nourish’.

Example Bank:
He has to pay alimony to his ex-wife.

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