marriage-portion
marriage-portion noun: a dowry, either paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family, or by the groom's family to the bride or her family, at the time of marriage.
Noun
marriage-portion (plural marriage-portions)
- A dowry, either paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family, or by the groom's family to the bride or her family, at the time of marriage.
- Minora gained by the visit—a marriage-portion, which made her lover's father as polite to the heiress as he had been cold to the beauty. He had negatived the features which his son had most eloquently pleaded; but he had nothing to say against the pistoles.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 291
Forms of marriage-portion
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Questions about marriage-portion
- What does marriage-portion mean?
- Marriage-portion means a dowry, either paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family, or by the groom's family to the bride or her family, at the time of marriage.
- What part of speech is marriage-portion?
- Marriage-portion is a noun.
- What is the plural of marriage-portion?
- The plural of marriage-portion is marriage-portions.
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