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BRIDE PRICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bride price mean? 

BRIDE PRICE (noun)
  The noun BRIDE PRICE has 1 sense:

1. money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his brideplay

  Familiarity information: BRIDE PRICE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRIDE PRICE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("bride price" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)


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