English-Finnish translations for dowry

  • myötäjäisetKun jäsenvaltiot alkavat vetäytyä rahoituslaitoksista, jotta niiden yksityinen asema voidaan palauttaa, on vaarana, että ne jättävät laitoksiin tukipakettinsa, ikään kuin myötäjäiset. But once Member States start withdrawing from financial institutions to restore their private status, there is a danger that they will leave behind a dowry, a sort of wedding gift.

Definition of dowry

  • Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.Gary Ferraro & Susan Andreatta, ''Cultural Anthropology'', 8th edn. , 223.
  • Dower
  • To bestow a dowry upon

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