Sentence examples for reverse dowry from inspiring English sources
noun
A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride, in some cultures.
A girl here normally fetches a bride price (a reverse dowry, paid by the husband's family) when she marries.
In Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, bridegrooms are expected to pay not only for their weddings, but also all the related expenses, including several huge prewedding parties and money for the bride's family, a kind of reverse dowry.
In such places, the scarcity of women has already dramatically altered the economics of marriage: young men must pay the families of their brides-to-be huge sums, "bride prices," dowries in reverse.
The Kuba people of Congo continue to use these blades as symbolic currency in dowries, but in a reverse of practice in the West, the groom or his family compensates the bride's family for the loss of her services.
On the contrary, the price of dowry goes on increasing, particularly among the rich and the educated, in spite of the law passed against dowry in 1961.
"This was dowry cum blackmailing.
Joan Churchman brought with her a large dowry.
But the dowry is provided by rail.
He paid nine cows in dowry.
Seven women complained of dowry demands.
Then there is the matter of dowry.
