alimony
noun /ˈælɪməni/
/ˈælɪməʊni/
[uncountable] (especially North American English)- the money that a court orders somebody to pay regularly to their former wife, husband or partner when the marriage or civil union is ended
（离婚后一方给另一方的）生活费，扶养费 - He has to pay alimony to his ex-wife.
他必须向前妻支付赡养费。
Collocations DictionaryAlimony is used before these nouns:- payment
词源early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘nourishment, means of subsistence’): from Latin alimonia ‘nutriment’, meaning nourishment, from alere ‘nourish’. - He has to pay alimony to his ex-wife.