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ransom



ran·som [ransom ransoms ransomed ransoming] noun, verb BrE [ˈrænsəm] NAmE [ˈrænsəm]
noun countable, uncountable
money that is paid to sb so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner by them
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of £50 000 from his family.
a ransom demand/note
ransom money
They are refusing to pay ransom for her release.
more at a king's ransom at king

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ransoun (noun), ransouner (verb), from Latin redemptio(n-) ‘ransoming, releasing’, from redimere ‘buy back’, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’. Early use also occurred in theological contexts expressing ‘deliverance’ and ‘atonement’.

Example Bank:
The company refused to be held to ransom by the union.
They stole cattle for ransom.
Idiom:hold somebody to ransom
 
verb ~ sb
to pay money to sb so that they will set free the person that they are keeping as a prisoner
The kidnapped children were all ransomed and returned home unharmed.
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Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ransoun (noun), ransouner (verb), from Latin redemptio(n-) ‘ransoming, releasing’, from redimere ‘buy back’, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’. Early use also occurred in theological contexts expressing ‘deliverance’ and ‘atonement’.

Example Bank:
The hostages were ransomed and returned home unharmed.

 

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