PALIMONY

PRONUNCIATION: (PAL-uh-moh-nee)

MEANING: noun: Financial support or other compensation given by one member of an unmarried couple to another after separation.

ETYMOLOGY: A blend of pal and alimony, from Latin alimonia (sustenance), from alere (to nourish). Ultimately from the Indo-European root al- (to grow or to nourish), which also gave us adolescent, adult, old, alumnus, altitude, enhance, coalesce, prolific, outre, and hauteur. Earliest documented use: 1977.
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MALIMONY - 1. Financial support or other compensation given to your mother
2. Financial support or other compensation given with bad intentions

HALIMONY - Financial support or other compensation given to your estranged computer

FPALIMONY - Financial support or other compensation given with a large payment up front,
followed subsuquenly by much smaller payments