Dowry

Noun

 * 1) Property or payment given by a wife or her family to a husband at the time of marriage. (In some cultures, it is the husband who pays the dowry to the wife’s family.)

Verbs for Dowry
agree upon—; amass—; assign—; assure of—;. bestow—; demand—; endue with—; furnish—; grant—; guarantee—; increase —; marry for—; pay—; present with—; provide—; return—; seek—; —compensates; —impoverishes; —satisfies; —shrinks.

Synonyms for Dowry
marriage portion, property right, endowment, portion, share, gift, dot, dower.

Related terms

 * dower
 * reverse dowry

Thesaurus
ability, appanage, bump, caliber, capability, capacity, dot, dower, endowment, equipment, faculty, flair, forte, foundation, genius, gift, instinct, investment, jointure, legal jointure, long suit, makings, marriage portion, metier, natural endowment, natural gift, parts, portion, potential, power, powers, qualification, settlement, speciality, strong flair, strong point, talent, talents, the goods, the stuff, thirds, what it takes

Translations

 * Afrikaans: bruidsprys, lobola
 * Arabic: دوطة,
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: зестра
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 嫁妝, 嫁妆
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, προίξ,  έδνον
 * Hebrew: נדוניה
 * Hindi: दहेज
 * Ido: doto, doario
 * Irish: spré
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 持参金


 * Korean: 지참금 (持參金)
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian:, чеиз,  приќе
 * Polish: posag, wiano
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: мираз, женинство
 * Roman: miraz, ženinstvo
 * Sotho: lobola
 * Spanish: dote or
 * Swedish: hemgift
 * Telugu: కట్నం
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: جہیز
 * Vietnamese: tài năng
 * Volapük: jigamagivot

Anagrams

 * rowdy
 * wordy