DOWRY

/ˈdaʊəɹi/
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Definition

/ˈdaʊəɹi/
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.
verb
  1. To bestow a dowry upon.
    “1999, Judith Everard, Michael C. E. Jones, Charters Duchess Constance Br, Page xvi”

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