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mar·riage of con·ve·nience

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. marriage of conveniencenoun

    a marriage for expediency rather than love

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  1. marriage of conveniencenoun

    A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; especially one conducted to obtain entry or residence rights in a country.

  2. Etymology: A caqlue of mariage de convenance.

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  1. marriage of convenience

    A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the relationship of the people involved. This might include a marriage arranged for legal, social, economic, political or other practical advantages rather than for love, companionship or personal reasons. The individuals involved might not have a personal, intimate, or marital relationship, and the marriage is often a formal or legal arrangement agreed upon for strategic reasons.

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  1. Marriage of convenience

    A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as political marriage. In the cases when it represents a fraud, it is called sham marriage.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of marriage of convenience in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of marriage of convenience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of marriage of convenience in a Sentence

  1. John Kirby:

    This is a marriage of convenience, not of affection, not of love … where they intersect is pushing back against the United States and our influence around the world, they’d like to change the rules of the game, and in each other, they see a useful foil.

  2. Koichi Nakano:

    Before Trump's arrival, Xi and Abe didn't have such a good relationship, now their relations are more a marriage of convenience in face of the common threat.


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