child support
noun🔊/ˈtʃaɪld səpɔːt/
🔊/ˈtʃaɪld səpɔːrt/
(British English also child maintenance)
[uncountable]money that a parent must pay regularly to help support their child, when the child is no longer living with that parent After they divorced, he refused to pay child support. 他们离婚后，他拒绝支付孩子的抚养费。 He was ordered to pay his ex-wife $1 000 in child support each month for his sons. 他被勒令每月向前妻支付$ 1 000的子女抚养费，供其儿子使用。