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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alimony \Al"i*mo*ny\, noun [L. alimonia, alimonium, nourishment, sustenance, fr. alere to nourish.]
1. Maintenance; means of living.
2. (Law) 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. --Wharton. Burrill.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
alimony
noun: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated [syn: {maintenance}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "alimony": aid, alimentation, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, bounty, bread, bread and butter, depletion allowance, dole, fellowship, financial assistance, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, help, keep, livelihood, maintenance, old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pension, price support, public assistance, public welfare, relief, retirement benefits, scholarship, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, support, sustenance, tax benefit, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments
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