dowry
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
dowries
- 1.
(countable, uncountable)Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
- 2.
(countable, uncommon, uncountable)(less common) Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family.
Đồng nghĩa: bride price, reverse dowry, dower, see others at bride price
- 3.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Inheritance from a deceased husband to his widow.
Đồng nghĩa: dower
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A natural gift or talent.
- 5.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A large amount.
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verbV_es/s
dowries
V_ing/Gerund
dowrying
V_ed/pp
dowried
- 1.
To bestow a dowry upon.
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ine-pro From Middle English dowarye, dowerie, from dowarie, douarie, from Old French douaire, from dōtārium, from Latin dōs. dower.