dowry

But the young man said he was grateful that since he began mining five years ago, he has been able to save a little money for a dowry and is now married with children.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025

"So many of my friends have had to leave school, or never been to school because someone paid a dowry to marry them, so their fathers had married them off," she says.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

His wife, he alleged, had filed "false court cases", accusing him of cruelty, dowry harassment and various other wrongdoings.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024

Normally, the husband’s family would give the wife’s family a dowry of cows, but in this case, John agreed to send money worth the equivalent of eighty cows.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

The grooms in Malaysia forfeit dowries and often send money to the brides’ parents.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Others, however, have been subjected to outright deceit, their families defrauded of dowries, honeymoon expenses and visa payments.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

Even though India outlawed dowries in 1961, the centuries-old tradition of the bride's family gifting cash, gold and other expensive items to the groom's family remains rampant.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2022

“In the early Middle Ages rents, taxes and dowries were often paid in pepper,” and at its peak, it was as valuable as gold.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022

Our family allowed some romance, paying adult brides’ prices and providing dowries so that their sons and daughters could marry strangers.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston