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- Dictionarymarriage of convenience
noun
- 1. a marriage that is arranged for practical, financial, or political reasons: "it was a marriage of convenience, to get the woman into England"
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Marriage for practical reasons
A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as a political marriage. Cases where those married do not intend to live together as a couple, and typically married only for one of them to gain the right to reside in a country, are conside... Wikipedia
