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Shuber-Fuber t1_jeb3228 wrote

Reply to comment by theassassintherapist in In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up by I_call_it

Except both are correct term though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_price

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dower

And without the quote it gets even more ambiguous

Bride price is up

vs

"Bride price" is up.

And dower has a different meaning for Western world, which is functionally an optional contract that's essentially a divorce settlement.

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y-c-c t1_jee5ozt wrote

I still think the traditional term is “dowry” (not “dower” which was probably a typo) though. It’s a commonly understood term.

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Shuber-Fuber t1_jef9kc6 wrote

Dowry is payment from the bride family to the groom.

Dower is the reverse one.

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