dowry
noun
Also the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
dowries
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pluralof dowry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The men in Malaysia forfeit dowries and often send money to the brides’ parents.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
In other words, 'higher quality grooms' - well-educated and having better quality jobs - command higher dowries.
From BBC ● May 28, 2023
Officially, dowries are illegal now, and daughters are supposed to inherit alongside sons.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Women retained the ownership of their dowries at marriage, could initiate divorce, and controlled their own inheritances.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Her family hadn’t had enough money for a dowry, the sum any girl in Florence needed for a marriage, and girls without dowries disappeared into convents, cut off from the world.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
