dowry

Meanings

Noun

• Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
• Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
• Dower.
• A natural gift or talent.

Verb

• To bestow a dowry upon.

Related

Opposite words

• dower
• bride price

Narrower meaning words

• lobola

Broader meaning words

• marriage-portion

Origin

• From Middle English dowarye, dowerie, from Anglo-Norman dowarie, douarie, from Old French douaire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium, from Latin dōs.