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(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (in some societies) money, property, or services given by a bridegroom to the kinsmen of his bride in order to establish his rights over the woman

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bride price - money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride

gift - something acquired without compensation

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bride wealth GIFT lobola			Small everyday expenses are paid for in modern money, he explains, and the shell money--two kinds each with some 20 hierarchical classes--are used mostly in large ceremonial payments for such matters as pig feasts, the construction of canoes or houses, bridewealth, and mortuary exchanges. A Papuan plutocracy; ranked exchange on Rossel Island by Reference & Research Book News But bridewealth marriage, patrilineal clan rights to land, and other local family-centered issues are not parts of this analysis. Women, Work and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003 by Summers, Carol / Journal of Social History Firstly, her more desperate status lowers her bargaining position in bridewealth negotiations. New norms of love and marriage alter the rules for Papuan youth by Hewat, Sarah / Tok Blong Pasifik			bridal gown bridal party bridal suite bridal wreath bridal-wreath Bridalty Bridalveil Falls bridalwreath bride Bride of the sea bride price bride wealth bride's bonnet Bride-ale bride-gift bride-to-be Bridebed Bridecake Bridechamber bridegroom Brideknot Bridemaid bridesmaid Bridesman Bridestake Bridewealth bridewell bridezilla bridge bridge agent bridge circuit bridge deck bridge hand bridge loan Bridge of a steamer Bridge of Sighs Bridge of the nose bridge over bridge partner bridge passage bridge player bridge rectifier bridge roll bridge whist Bridge-ward bridgeable bridgeboard bridged-T bridgehead bridgehead line Bridgeing			Bride's Yellow Pages Bride, Saint Bride-ale bride-gift bride-to-be Bridebed bridecake Bridechamber bridegroom Bridegrooms Bridehead, Sue Brideknot Bridelia Bridemaid Brideprice Brideprice Brides Brides Brides Bridesmaids 'n' Quinceaneras Brides of Destruction bridesmaid bridesmaid bridesmaid bridesmaids Bridesman Bridestake Bridewealth Bridewell Bridewell Bridewell Bridewell Palace Bridewell Palace Bridewell Palace bridewells bridewells bridewells Bridewort Bridewort Bridewort Bridezilla BRIDG bridge bridge bridge bridge bridge bridge bridge Bridge & Road Munition Bridge (card game) Bridge (card game) Bridge (cards) Bridge (cards) Bridge (computer) Bridge (computers) Bridge (dentistry) bridge (engineering)

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bride price (redirected from Bridewealth)

bride price
(redirected from Bridewealth)