dowry
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Each bride receives a dowry of 100,000 naira, while a further 100,000 naira is provided as start-up capital to encourage small-scale entrepreneurship and help the couple achieve financial self-reliance after marriage.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
Parents of girls are known to take out huge loans or even sell their land and house to meet dowry demands.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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
The dowry was enough, more than enough, said my father.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
The men in Malaysia forfeit dowries and often send money to the brides’ parents.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
The scourge of dowry, she says, can only be fought if young men and women start taking a stand and refuse to give or accept dowries.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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
Women retained the ownership of their dowries at marriage, could initiate divorce, and controlled their own inheritances.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Her family hadn’t had enough money for a dowry, the sum any girl in Florence needed for a marriage, and girls without dowries disappeared into convents, cut off from the world.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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