Meaning of ransom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage
2. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
   uncountable, usually
3. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration
5. A place in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
6. A village in Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, named after Thomas E. G. Ransom.
   countable, uncountable
7. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
   uncountable, usually
8. John Crowe, 1888–1974, U.S. poet, critic, and teacher.
9. A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment
10. A minor city in Ness County, Kansas, also named after Thomas Ransom.
    countable, uncountable
11. A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
    UK, historical, uncountable, usually
12. a sum of money etc paid for the freeing of a prisoner. They paid a ransom of $40,000; (also adjective) They paid $40,000 in ransom money. losprys فِدْيَه откуп resgate výkupné das Lösegeld; Lösegeld... løsesum λύτραrescate lunaraha سر بها؛ باج؛ فدیه lunnaat rançonכופר फिरौती otkupnina váltságdíj tebusan lausnargjald riscatto 身代金 몸값 išpirka izpirkuma nauda wang pampasan losgeldløsepengerokup دپيسوپه وسيله خلاصونه، هغه پيسى چه دبندى دخلاصون دپاره په كار اچول كيږى resgate răscum­pă­rare выкуп vý...
    etc
13. To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
14. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
15. to keep (a person) as a prisoner until a sum of money etc is paid for his release. as gyselaar aanhou يَحْتَفِظ بالأسير حتّى تُدْفَع فِدْيَتَه държа заложник manter como refém zajmout a vymáhat výkupné jemanden gegen Lösegeld gefangenhalten holde som gidsel κρατώ όμηρο με σκοπό την καταβολή λύτρων exigir rescate pantvangis hoidma با دادن باج آزاد کردن pitää jotakuta panttivankina rançonner לִדרוֹש כּוֹפֶר עָבוּר שִׁחרוּר फिरौती के लिए अपहरण करना držati zatočenim váltságdíj megfizetéséig fogva...
    etc
16. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment
17. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, named after Epaphroditus Ransom.
    countable, uncountable
18. The release of property or a person in return for payment of a demanded price.
19. An unincorporated community and township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
    countable, uncountable
20. Christianity A redemption from sin and its consequences.
    Christianity
21. A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.
    countable, uncountable
22. To obtain the release of by paying a certain price.
23. Christianity To deliver from sin and its consequences.
    Christianity
24. the release of captured prisoners, property, etc, on payment of a stipulated price
25. the price demanded or stipulated for such a release
26. rescue or redemption of any kind

Equivalents

Examples

“They were held for two million dollars ransom.”

“They were held to ransom.”

“Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.”

“His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty.”

“As rich as was the ransom Priam paid for Hektor, Hermes says, his remaining sons at Troy “'would give three times as much ransom / for you, who are alive, were Atreus' son Agamemnon / to recognize you.'””

“prisoners hopeless of ransom”

“Till the fair slave be rendered to her sire; And ransom-free restored to his abode”

“punished with imprisonment and ransom at the King's will”

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