[] ( dowries) () (used especially in newspapers) an extra amount of money that a company offers in order to encourage another company to agree to a takeover (= where one company buys another) （尤用於报章）（一家公司为鼓励另一家公司同意被收购而支付的）额外资金◆The merger has been consummated (= completed) with a dowry of more than $8 billion. 这宗合并在支付了 80 多亿元的额外资金後方告完成。ⓘ When journalists use the word dowry in this way they are comparing the process of buying a company to getting married. In some cultures, a wife or her family must give money and/or property (a dowry) to her husband when they get married. 记者在这种情况中使用 dowry 一词时，他们是将购并公司和结婚作比较。在某些文化中，结婚时妻子或其家庭必须给丈夫一笔钱或财产（嫁妆 dowry）。