Dowry  an amount of money or property that a woman's parents give to the

man she marries
Donation money or goods that are given to help a person or organization, or
the act of giving them:
fee an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for
a particular right or service:
Alimony a regular amount of money that a law court orders a person to pay to his
or her partner after a divorce (= the legal ending of a marriage)
Fine an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for
not obeying a rule or law:
Ransom a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone
who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal:
Allowance an amount of something that you are allowed:
wages the money earned by an employee, esp. when paid for
the hours worked:
tax (an amount of) money paid to the government that
is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you
have bought:
Loan an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to
be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you
have to pay as a charge for borrowing
Salary a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee,
usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month:
Debt something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or
the state of owing something