separate maintenance
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Students in Northern Ireland from less well-off backgrounds can also get a separate maintenance grant of up to £3,475, depending on their household income.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
A separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022
Princess Mary charged "cruelty" in her suit for separate maintenance, got an order attaching Serge's Los Angeles bank account last week, found it empty.
From Time Magazine Archive
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There were no divorce laws on the Islands in the eighteenth century, not even an act for separate maintenance; but Mary Fawcett was a woman of resource.
From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn