Dowry
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dowry-206-11214223
title:
Dowry
text:
A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment by the groom, or his family, to the bride, or her family, dowry is the wealth transferred from the bride, or her family, to the groom, or his family. Similarly, dower is the property settled on the bride herself, by the groom at the time of marriage, and w
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Payment by one family of a marriage to the other family
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry
date created:
2003-05-26T22:00:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:17:06Z
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