bride price

collocation in English

meanings of brideand price

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bride
noun[C]
uk /braɪd/ us /braɪd/
a woman who is about to get married or has just ...
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price
noun[C]
uk /praɪs/ us /praɪs/
the amount of money for which something ...
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Examples of bride price

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The non-payment of the brideprice directly to the bride herself did constitute a sufficient motive for taking legal action for the annulment of the marriage.
In some cases the bride was equally poor and the abduction was secretly arranged by both sides to avoid the payment of dowry and brideprice.
In some countries they have an enormous brideprice.
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It is the bride's family that he regards as unreasonable, in their attempt to maximize the brideprice (from which they would purchase the trousseau).
This may be due to the fact that older men are better able than younger men to pay a higher brideprice.
When she married she brought with her a sizable dowry and her parents refused the brideprice.
My father came for want of brideprice.
As one effect, the camps have seen a resurgence of al-mahr (brideprice) coinciding with the growth of the markets and wealth.
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