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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: pal + alimony

palimony

 noun
     
Related topics: Law
pa‧li‧mo‧ny [uncountable]
especially American EnglishSCL an amount of money that a law court orders someone to pay regularly to a former partner that they were living with but were not married to
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