Ransom

Meaning of Ransom

noun
  1. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
    They were held for two million dollars ransom.
  2. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
    prisoners hopeless of ransom
  3. 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.
verb
  1. (14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
  2. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
    to ransom prisoners from an enemy
  3. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
    Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. — Berners.

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Hyphenation of Ransom

Ran-som

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Ransom is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Ransom synonyms

Meaning redeem:

redeem

Anagrams of Ransom

manors, marons, Marson, normas, ramson, Romans, romans, Rosman

Words that rhyme with Ransom

Sansom, hansom, ransom, transom

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