dowry
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noun
(plural
dowries
)
property
or
money
brought
by a
bride
to her
husband
on their
marriage
:
(新婦の)持参金
e.g.
Elizabeth's dowry was to be $45,000 in diamonds.
ORIGIN
Middle English
(denoting a
widow
's
life
interest
in her
husband
's
estate
): from
Anglo-Norman French
dowarie
, from medieval
Latin
dotarium
(see
dower
).