dowry
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Budi, 55, sometimes receives 10% of the dowry for driving and interpreting.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
His offer — a $2,000 dowry, of which she could keep $1,300, plus about $500 a month — was too good to pass up.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
A dowry can be anything - cash, jewellery, utensils.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
The reason for this imbalance was steeped in India’s custom of giving a dowry, they explained.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
My baap, like all fathers with a daughter to marry off, had to find a dowry for me.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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