0 in some societies, an amount of money or property that a woman's parents give to the man she marries
1 in some societies, an amount of money or property that a woman’s parents give to the man she marries
2 money or other assets in addition to the selling price that a company offers to another company it wants to buy:
In order to provide a dowry for her, her father invested all his savings in shares of the Universal Bank, losing everything after its failure.
Marriage was considered inexpedient unless large dowries were brought to the husband.
The dowry is given to the husband, for him to enjoy as long as the marriage shall last.
The suggestion put forward is that a dowry system was perhaps an essential part of such alliances.
Yet, with dowry demands continuously increasing, it is doubtful whether a marriage to a more prosperous house was always possible.
Three, even moveable dowry is seldom considered entirely the woman's own, and is rarely in her exclusive control.
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