Ransom
11RANSOM — (Heb. כֹּפֶר, kofer), the compensation required to avoid bodily punishment or to free one s self from an undesirable state or condition (Isa. 43:3). The term kofer is related to the Akkadian kapāru ( to wipe off ) or kuppuru ( to expiate ). The… …
12ransom — [n] blackmail money paid for return of possession or person bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, liberation money, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue; concept 344 ransom [v] pay blackmail money for return of possession or …
13ransom — vb *rescue, deliver, redeem, reclaim, save Analogous words: *free, release, liberate, emancipate, manumit: *expiate, atone …
14Ransom — [ran′səm] John Crowe [krō] 1888 1974; U.S. poet & critic …
15ransom — [ran′səm] n. [ME raunson < OFr raençon < L redemptio,REDEMPTION] 1. the redeeming or release of a captive or of seized property by paying money or complying with other demands 2. the price thus paid or demanded 3. deliverance from sin;… …
16ransom — [[t]ræ̱nsəm[/t]] ransoms, ransoming, ransomed 1) N VAR A ransom is the money that has to be paid to someone so that they will set free a person they have kidnapped. Her kidnapper successfully extorted a ₤175,000 ransom for her release... The… …
17ransom — 01. The [ransom] paid to obtain freedom for the kidnapped businessman was over $500,000. 02. The kidnappers have said that their hostages will be killed if the [ransom] is not paid. 03. The child s family paid over a million dollars in [ransom]… …
18ransom — ran|som1 [ˈrænsəm] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: rançon, from Latin redemptio; REDEMPTION] 1.) an amount of money that is paid to free someone who is held as a prisoner ▪ The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000. ▪ The… …
19ransom — I UK [ˈræns(ə)m] / US [ˈrænsəm] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms ransom : singular ransom plural ransoms the amount of money that someone wants to be paid before they will let a person who they are keeping prisoner go free Her kidnappers… …
20Ransom — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Ransom », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le nom Ransom, rançon en anglais, peut… …
