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单词 dowry
释义
dowry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdaʊ.ri/us
/ˈdaʊ.ri/
in somesocieties, anamountofmoneyorpropertythat a woman'sparentsgive to the man shemarries
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Gifts in the form of money
(Definition ofdowryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Because she had no dowry to be paid.
  • He, impoverished as he is, looks for a splendid dowry.
  • In order to provide a dowry for her, her father invested all his savings in shares of the Universal Bank, losing everything after its failure.
  • Marriage was considered inexpedient unless large dowries were brought to the husband.
  • The dowry is given to the husband, for him to enjoy as long as the marriage shall last.

dowry| American Dictionary

dowry
noun[C]
us
/ˈdɑʊər·i/
in somesocieties, anamountofmoneyorpropertythat a woman’sparentsgive to the man shemarries
(Definition ofdowryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dowry| Business English

dowry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdaʊri/us
pluraldowries
FINANCE
moneyor otherassetsinadditionto thesellingpricethat acompanyoffersto anothercompanyitwantstobuy:
Thebuyersaddeda dowry of $500 million to get the firm'sboardtoagreeto thetakeover.
(Definition ofdowryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdowry

dowry
The suggestion put forward is that adowrysystem was perhaps an essential part of such alliances.
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Yet, withdowrydemands continuously increasing, it is doubtful whether a marriage to a more prosperous house was always possible.
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Three, even moveabledowryis seldom considered entirely the woman's own, and is rarely in her exclusive control.
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The elderly villagers explain the onset of excessivedowrydemands as caused by people becoming wealthier and wanting to secure better houses for their daughters.
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Many of the details ofdowrytransactions are very similar, including the insistence on the wife's continued ownership, whatever the management arrangements may be.
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Here, it was not so much a case of balancing dowries as of further strengthening ties between families.
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A detailed examination of dowries provides clues as to the property owned by newlyweds and how co-operation between the generations operated in practice.
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Although formally thedowryremained in the complete control of wives, husbands apparently relied on these dowries as available credit.
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But what did happen to theirdowryand levirate after the early fourteenth century?
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Paying adowryfor marriage does not lead to a complete commodification of women, but it differs significantly from giving mere ritual gifts.
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The analogy between domain anddowryand the image of the king as husband is familiar territory.
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Even if divorced by her husband for good reason, she never lost her legal right to adowry.
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Above all, the entire patriarchal structure had an interest in safeguarding women's dowries and ensuring that the system was working smoothly.
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However, these functional arguments do not explain why parents choose to give their daughters adowryand not an inheritance.
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Marriage,dowryand inheritance are rightly seen as linked because major transfers of property to both men and women occur at marriage and at death.
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