All alimony synonyms

noun alimony

• living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
• upkeep — the process or activity of providing an establishment, machine, person, etc., with necessary or proper maintenance, repairs, support, or the like: The machine's faulty operation shows that no one has attended to its upkeep.
• livelihood — a means of supporting one's existence, especially financially or vocationally; living: to earn a livelihood as a tenant farmer.
• subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• maintenance — the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
• sustenance — means of sustaining life; nourishment.
• provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
• remittance — the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
• allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• funding — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.