marriage bureau noun

1. An introduction agency for matching single people wishing to marry
2. A business agency designed to match entrepreneurs with potential investors (figurative)

marrˈiage-contract noun

1. A formal agreement to be married
2. An agreement concerning property rights between people about to marry

marrˈiage-favour noun

A knot or decoration worn at a marriage

marriage guidance noun

Help and advice given to people with marital problems

marrˈiage-licence noun

A licence to marry without proclamation of banns in a church

marrˈiage-lines plural noun

A certificate of marriage

marriage of convenience noun

A marriage (or figurative, a close business union, etc) for reasons of expediency rather than affection

marriage partner noun

One's husband or wife

marrˈiage-portion noun

A dowry

marrˈiage-ring noun

A wedding ring

marrˈiage-settlement noun

An arrangement of property, etc before marriage, by which something is secured to the wife or her children if the husband dies