Synonyms:
dowry, dowery, dower, portion
Meaning: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Usage examples
She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.
"Well," said Baptista, "you have won the wager, and I will add another twenty thousand crowns to her dowry--another dowry for another daughter--for she is as changed as if she were someone else."
If you are--as I suspect from your manner--something more than a friend: if you love her, and she returns your love, marry her, and she shall have a dowry that no gentleman's wife need be ashamed to bring to her husband."