English Dictionary

dowry

/ˈdaʊəɹi/

noun

Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. / (less common) Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.

The groom's family demanded a large dowry from the bride's family.

意味（1）

Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.

意味（2）

(less common) Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.

The family of the groom makes sure the new couple has a house to live in and land to cultivate; they will also pay for the dowry (crucial, for without dowry the new father has no rights over his children; Trouwborst 1962: 136ff.)

意味（3）

(obsolete) Dower.

意味（4）

A natural gift or talent.