subsidy

As nouns the difference between dowry and subsidy

is that dowry is payment, as property or money, of a bride’s inheritance by her family to the groom or his family at the time of marriagegary ferraro & susan andreatta, cultural anthropology , 8th edn (belmont, cal: wadsworth, 2010), 223 while subsidy is financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

As a verb dowry

is to bestow a dowry upon.

As a noun subsidy

is financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

As an adjective antisubsidy is

opposing a subsidy.