marriage of convenience
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of French mariage de convenance.
Noun[edit]
marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience)
- A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; especially one conducted to obtain entry or residence rights in a country.
- 1988 April 23, Adam Starchild, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
- Widely published author and business consultant would like a marriage of convenience with a woman who is an Irish or Austrian citizen. You get legal resident status in U.S. (and eligibility for student aid), and I get eligibility for prison furloughs plus the citizenship of a neutral country in a few years so I can start a new life elsewhere.
Hyponyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
marriage motivated by some reason other than love
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Further reading[edit]
- Marriage of convenience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia