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Definition of child maintenance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

child maintenance

noun

/ˌtʃaɪld ˈmeɪntənəns/

/ˌtʃaɪld ˈmeɪntənəns/

(British English)

(also child support British and North American English)

[uncountable]

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money that a parent must pay regularly to help support their child, when the child is no longer living with that parentTopics Moneyc2

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