palimony

Definitions


[ˈpalɪməni], (Noun)

Definitions:
- compensation paid by one member of an unmarried couple to the other after separation
(e.g: she is suing for palimony)


Phrases:

Origin:
1920s (in sense ‘alimony paid to a former spouse with whom one remains on friendly terms’): from pal + a shortened form of alimony. The modern sense dates from the 1970s




definition by Oxford Dictionaries