reverse-dowry

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Alternative spelling of reverse dowry
A sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride, in some cultures

Doug's mother, Lynn Sakowitz Wyatt, reveals that before her father, Bernard, would allow her to marry Coastal Corp. chairman Oscar Wyatt, he negotiated a reverse dowry giving him $1 million in corporate stock.