Recent Examples on the WebIndia’s longtime preference for sons is due to traditions around inheritance and dowry, which can turn a daughter’s wedding into a heavy financial burden. Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Isabella was able to fund a mercenary army with the aid of Philippa’s substantial dowry. Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022 When his father lost his money and her dowry in 1903, her condition worsened. Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 23 Feb. 2021 In many parts of rural Afghanistan and among the country’s poorest, girls are often married off at puberty, sometimes earlier, and their families receive a dowry. Jamey Keaten, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2022 It’s a resolve that perhaps comes too late in a prickly period of negotiation between two mutually wary households, as matters of dowry, obligation and family honor are all considered ahead of the happiness of the two children in question. Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2021 When the couple married, Kumar accepted a dowry of 720 grams of gold, a Suzuki sedan and 500,000 rupees (about $6,700) in cash. Rhea Mogul And Esha Mitra, CNN, 20 Nov. 2021 The opposite was true of Zaza, who had a vast dowry. Lara Feigel, The New Republic, 26 Nov. 2021 The event marks the end of a long and tumultuous road to the altar that will now see Mako forgo her status as a royal, reject her $1.4 million dowry, and likely move to New York to begin a new life as a normal citizen. Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2021 See More
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Etymology
Middle English dowarie, from Anglo-French, alteration of dower, douaire — more at dower