bride price
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bride price
- /ˈbɹaɪd pɹaɪs/
noun bride prices · bride-price · brideprice
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In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.
It is well known in Artas as in other villages exactly what the bride price should customarily be—so much for a cousin bride, so much more for a village bride, more still for a stranger.
Similar: bride gift, bride-gift, bridegift, bride wealth, bride-wealth, bridewealth, bride token, dower, reverse dowry, dowry · Opposite: dowry
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noun sum paid to the family of the bride
| Español | dote, prebenda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 신붓값 sinbutgap |
| 中文 | 彩禮 /彩礼 cǎilǐ, 聘禮 /聘礼 pìnlǐ, 財禮 /财礼 cáilǐ |
| Kiswahili | mahari |
| Português | dote, preço de noiva |
| Français | prix de la fiancée |
| Deutsch | Brautpreis, Brautgeld |
| Italiano | prezzo della sposa |
| Русский | ве́но véno, калы́м kalým, вы́куп výkup |
| العربية | صَدَاق ṣadāq |
| עברית | מֹהַר mohar |
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