Sukuti...I believe your defination of ARRANGED MARRIAGE goes beyond the meaning of those two words "ARRANGED" and "MARRIAGE" that describe it. From your notes I believe your defination is more closer and consistant with " ARRANGED & FORCED MARRIAGE" because from your description, not only an arrangements of meeting of would-be bride made but the bride or the groom or both are forced as well to get married for whatever reason or under whatever circumstances it might be. So in your defination the factor 'force' is involved in the 'marriage' that was 'arranged' (ARRANGED+FORCED+MARRIAGE) . However in my defination of ARRANGED MARRIAGE the factor "FORCE" has no place and I strictly stick only to the two words "ARRANGED" and " MARRIAGE" without the word "FORCE". Many times it is very possible that there might be girl who might have qualities and personality that you have been looking for and at the same time there might be a girl who is looking for qualities and personality that you possess but the difficulty is that you dont know that girl and that girl doesnt know you. Even if you dont know such and such girl exist ,however it is possible that either your parents or relatives or friends might know that girl. It is also possible that even if that girl doesnt know you exist it is possible that the parents or relatives or firends of that girl might know know you. So either your or that girl's parents, relatives, frineds can ARRANGE a meeting of you and that prospective girl , have the conversations and if both seem interested they can build and take the relationship to marriage if not and the possibilty is terminated and new prospect is searched. I can always argue that MARRIAGE that was ARRANGED by someone else other than the would-be bride and the groom eg. parents, relatives, friends etc does not get negative face UNLESS the parents, relatives or friends "FORCE" the would-be groom or the bride or both to get married for whatever reason it might be. So I see no negative sides of ARRANGED MARRIAGE unless there is some sort of pressure or force and my defination of ARRANGED MARRIAGE does not venture beyond the two words of "ARRANGE" and "MARRIAGE."