# Wedding fee (nuptial fee; wedding present; convencience marriage premium)

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## Definition

In former times, in some places, an amount in cash to be paid by the marriage candidate at the time of marriage, partly into the church treasury (poor box; Armenkasse), partly into the municipal treasury: a marriage tax, also called groom's money. - Money gifts given by the wedding guests to the newly married couple. - In some places, a premium paid by the municipality when a young man married into an estate inhabited only by women, especially after wartime, also called Hebegeld. - See Armengeld, Armenkasse, Brautgeld, Brauttafelgeld, Bunzengeld, Einbürgerungsgeld, Hebegeld, Hielichgeld, Hochzeitstischgeld, Nonagium, Paraphernalgeld, Wittum. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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