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brideprice

brideprice is the alternative spelling of bride price.

Meaning of bride price

Noun

bride price (plural bride prices)

  1. In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.
    • It is well known in Artas as in other villages exactly what the bride price should customarily be—so much for a cousin bride, so much more for a village bride, more still for a stranger.1937, Grace Crowfoot, “Custom and Folk Tale in Palestine. The Dowry or Bride Price,”, in Folklore, volume 48, number 1, page 31
    Antonyms:
    dowry

Forms of brideprice

pluralbrideprices

Questions about brideprice

What is brideprice the alternative spelling of?
Brideprice is the alternative spelling of bride price.

Words near brideprice in the dictionary

  1. brideman
  2. bridemen
  3. bridenapping
  4. Bridenstine
  5. Bridenstines
  6. brideprice
  7. brideprices
  8. brides
  9. brides-to-be
  10. Bridesburg
  11. Brideshead

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