the payment made by the groom or his kin to the kin of the wife in order to ratify a marriage. The practice is common in all parts of the globe in ... [9 related articles]
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Goods or property presented by a man's family to his prospective wife's family as part of the marriage agreement. It is common practice among many societies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, and...
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Goods or property presented by a man's family to his prospective wife's family as part of the marriage agreement. It is common practice among many societies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, and some American Indian groups. In most European and South Asian countries the alternative custom is dowry. Bridewealth is sometimes regarded as compe...
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