bride price

bride price
noun
money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride
• Hypernyms: ↑gift

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(in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
Also, bride-price. Also called bridewealth /bruyd"welth'/.
[1875-80]

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bride price see ↑bridewealth below.
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Main Entry: ↑bride
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brideˈwealth or bride price noun
In tribal societies, etc, a price paid (usu in kind) to a bride's family by the bridegroom
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Main Entry: ↑bride

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bride price,
a payment made by a prospective husband or his family to the family of the bride: »

In tribal societies daughters are as welcome as sons; not only do they till the soil, they bring in dowry, bride price, lobola—there are many names for this payment (Elspeth Huxley).

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n. [in sing.] a sum of money or quantity of goods given to a bride's family by that of the groom, esp. in tribal societies

payments of bride price from the husband's kin


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