Usually means: Union for practical, not romantic reasons.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word marriage of convenience:

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  1. marriage of convenience: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. marriage of convenience: Merriam-Webster
  3. marriage of convenience: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. marriage of convenience: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. marriage of convenience: Collins English Dictionary
  6. marriage of convenience: Vocabulary.com
  7. marriage of convenience: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. marriage of convenience: Wiktionary
  9. marriage of convenience: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. marriage of convenience: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. marriage of convenience: Dictionary.com
  12. Marriage of Convenience, Marriage of convenience: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. marriage of convenience: Rhymezone
  14. marriage of convenience: FreeDictionary.org
  15. marriage of convenience: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. marriage of convenience: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. marriage of convenience: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See marriage_of_conveniences as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (marriage of convenience)

noun:  A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; for example, one conducted to obtain residence rights in a country, for financial gain, or for political purposes.

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