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reverse dowry

noun

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  1. A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of…

    A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride, in some cultures.

    • This bride-gift, a kind of reverse dowry, indicates that grooms had to compete for relatively few brides.
    • Doug's mother, Lynn Sakowitz Wyatt, reveals that before her father, Bernard, would allow her to marry Coastal Corp. chairman Oscar Wyatt, he negotiated a reverse dowry giving him $1 million in corporate stock.

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