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SUPPORT PAYMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does support payment mean?
• SUPPORT PAYMENT (noun)
The noun SUPPORT PAYMENT has 1 sense:
1. a payment made by one person for the support of another
Familiarity information: SUPPORT PAYMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
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