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sustento [sus.tin.tu.] : alimony (n.); maintenance (n.); support payment (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: sustento: sustenance; support ]

Derivatives of sustento


Glosses:
alimony
n. (possession)1. alimony, maintenancecourt-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.
~ support paymenta payment made by one person for the support of another.
maintenance
n. (act)1. care, maintenance, upkeepactivity involved in maintaining something in good working order.; "he wrote the manual on car care"
~ fixing, repair, mend, mending, fix, reparation, fixturethe act of putting something in working order again.
~ camera carekeeping a camera in good working order.
~ car carekeeping a car in good working order.
~ inspection and repair, overhaul, serviceperiodic maintenance on a car or machine.; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"
~ pump primingintroducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing.
~ scheduled maintenancemaintenance at a regularly scheduled time.
~ steam fittingcare (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating.
n. (possession)2. maintenancemeans of maintenance of a family or group.
~ bread and butter, keep, livelihood, sustenance, living, supportthe financial means whereby one lives.; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
n. (act)3. maintenance, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeepthe act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
~ supportthe activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities.; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"
n. (act)4. criminal maintenance, maintenancethe unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community.; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"
~ actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoingactivity that transgresses moral or civil law.; "he denied any wrongdoing"
~ law, jurisprudencethe collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
support payment
n. (possession)1. support paymenta payment made by one person for the support of another.
~ paymenta sum of money paid or a claim discharged.
~ palimonysupport paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends.
~ alimony, maintenancecourt-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.
~ child supportcourt-ordered support paid by one spouse to the other who has custody of the children after the parents are separated.