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Dowry
/ˈdaʊəɹi/
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
📖 Definitions of "Dowry"
noun
- 1
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
- 2
Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
- 3
Dower.
- 4
A natural gift or talent.
verb
- 1
To bestow a dowry upon.
"1999, Judith Everard, Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br, Page xvi"
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