Aliment

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An allowance for maintenance.

II. Aliment ·vt To provide for the maintenance of.

III. Aliment ·vt To Nourish; to Support.

IV. Aliment ·noun That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.