noun
child support; child-rearing expenses
Primarily refers to court-ordered or agreed child-support payments after divorce or separation, but can also mean general costs of raising a child.
離婚後、父親は毎月養育費を払っている。
After the divorce, the father pays child support every month.
養育費の未払いが社会問題になっている。
Unpaid child support has become a social issue.
仕送り is a general allowance or remittance sent to support someone, often a student living away from home, not limited to child support after divorce.
Compound of 養育 (よういく, 'bringing up, raising') and 費 (ひ, 'expense, cost').