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.
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