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SUPPORT PAYMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A payment made by one person for the support of another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("support payment" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "support payment"):
palimony (support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends)
alimony; maintenance (court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated)
child support (court-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated)