bride price
/ˈbɹaɪd pɹaɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Taiqian county in Henan province has issued guidelines saying grooms should pay no more than 60,000 yuan (HK$67,000) as a “bride price”, the Chinese tradition that a male partner offers money to his fiancée’s family to secure their marriage."
- "Their fares across the Atlantic were paid on the understanding that when they married, their Virginian husbands would pay a bride price for them of 150 pounds of tobacco, then worth about £22 (perhaps seven years’ salary for a domestic maid)."