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merchet
mer·chet [ múrchət ] (plural mer·chets)


noun 
Definition:
 
payment to lord for daughter's marriage: in feudal times, a sum of money paid by a tenant to his lord so that his daughter could marry
[13th century. < Anglo-Norman< Latin merc- "merchandise"]
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