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dowry (s) (noun), dowries (pl)
1. An amount of money or property given in some societies by a bride's family to her bridegroom or his family when she marries: "In the village, a dowry of cows was considered appropriate to give to the bridegroom and his new bride."
2. An amount of money or property transferred by a man to his bride when they marry: "Because they were travelling for a distance to their new home, Samuel gave Anne a horse and carriage as her dowry when they were married."
3. Etymology: from Anglo-French dowarie, and Old French doaire, "dower, dowry, gift"; from Medieval Latin dotarium, from Latin dotare, "to endow, to portion"; from dos, dotis, "marriage portion"; from do-, "to give".

Related to Latin donum, "a giving, a gift" and dare, "to give".

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