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Examples of dowry
dowry
For poor families, the need to pay a marriage dowry can make daughters a burden.
From the post-gazette.com
For example, in many cases the woman must repay her dowry and marriage expenses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If a couple died without children, the woman's dowry was returned to her family.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You may ask them for the dowry you had paid, and they may ask for what they paid.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Fars said women in Iran could file a claim on their marriage dowry at any time.
From the upi.com
A bride price or dowry can also be a much-needed windfall for desperate families.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the past, the Rozvi did not accept any dowry prices for their female children.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Reluctance to abolish the dowry is more than a matter of male chauvinist greed.
From the time.com
As his dowry, Yancey received 35 slaves and a quick entry into the planter class.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher or, in Latin, dos, or in Croatian and Slovenian, dota) is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage. ...
- Dowry is used here to refer to bridewealth payments made to the family of the wife.
- The wealth or possessions that a bride brings into the marriage. This is typically a transfer of wealth from the bride's family to the husband.
- The woman's share of her inheritance from the group of her birth, which is taken with her upon marriage.
- A quantity of wealth allocated to a bride (and her husband and children) from her natal family.
- A present given to a new husband by the bride upon marriage. It took the form of land, goods, or money.
- Marriage prize brought by the bride or groom as a condition of their marriage, often consisting of lands, titles, or cash payments.
- The property a woman, or her family, gives a man when they are married. It might be land, money, treasures, or other valuables.
