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dowry

[dou-ree] / ˈdaʊ ri /
NOUN
circumstances
Synonyms
STRONG
assets capital chances class command degree footing income lifestyle lot means outlook position precedence prestige property prospects prosperity rank rating resources situation sphere standing state station status substance times
WEAK
financial status net worth way of life worldly goods
Antonyms
STRONG
debt poorness poverty
NOUN
dower
Synonyms
STRONG
endowment gift skill talent
Antonyms
STRONG
inability incapacity loss weakness
NOUN
heritage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancestry culture custom legacy right tradition
STRONG
bequest birthright convention endowment estate fashion inheritance lot patrimony portion share
WEAK
heirship heritance
Antonyms
STRONG
whole

Example Sentences

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This is no hostile takeover proposal — more like an actual proposal-proposal, with a really big dowry.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

Their helpline number, he says, receives about 86,000 calls every year and most cases are about matrimonial disputes that include false dowry cases and attempts at extortion.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

The man paid a dowry of about $850, and after the agent and the officiant took their cuts, she was left with about half that.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

A dowry can be anything - cash, jewellery, utensils.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024

But things improve very slowly for Antonmaria, and when Lisa is born, he has no money to set aside for a dowry.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.