1. (n.) Maintenance; means of living.

2. (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.

aid alimentation allotment allowance annuity assistance bounty bread bread and butter depletion allowance dole fellowship financial assistance grant grant-in-aid guaranteed annual income help keep livelihood maintenance old-age insurance pecuniary aid pension price support public assistance public welfare relief retirement benefits scholarship stipend subsidization subsidy subsistence subvention support sustenance tax benefit welfare welfare aid welfare payments