Kata bahasa Indonesia
English word
TANDA HUBUNG
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
DEVIL DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 3 senses
- ransom(n = noun.possession) ransom money - money demanded for the return of a captured person;
- ransom(n = noun.act) - payment for the release of someone;
- ransom(n = noun.act) - the act of freeing from captivity or punishment;
Derived form verb ransom1
Derived form verb ransom1
Derived form verb ransom1
Verb has 1 sense
- ransom(v = verb.possession) redeem - exchange or buy back for money; under threat;
Derived form noun ransom1, noun ransom2, noun ransom3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
, n. Array
- The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption;
as, prisoners hopeless of . Dryden. [1913 Webster]ransom - The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit. [1913 Webster]
- A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
, v. t. Array
- To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver;
as, to . [1913 Webster]ransom prisoners from an enemy - To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, n. & v.
--n.
1 a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.
2 the liberation of a prisoner in return for this.
--v.tr.
1 buy the freedom or restoration of; redeem.
2 hold to ransom.
3 release for a ransom.
--n.
1 a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.
2 the liberation of a prisoner in return for this.
--v.tr.
1 buy the freedom or restoration of; redeem.
2 hold to ransom.
3 release for a ransom.
Derivative
ransomer n. (in sense 1 of v.).
Etymology
ME f. OF ransoun(er) f. L redemptio -onis REDEMPTION
DEVIL DICTIONARY
n. The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller, nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.
THESAURUS
buy, deliver, deliverance, delivery, emancipate, extract, extricate, extrication, free, freeing, get back, liberate, liberation, lifesaving, payment, price, recapture, reclaim, reclaiming, reclamation, recoup, recoupment, recover, recovery, recuperate, recuperation, recycle, redeem, redemption, regain, regainment, release, renovate, reoccupation, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, repossess, repossession, rescue, restoration, restore, resume, resumption, retake, retaking, retrieval, retrieve, revindicate, revindication, revival, revive, salvage, salvation, save, saving, set free, take back, trover, win back
ROGET THESAURUS
Deliverance
VB deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom, bring off, bring through, tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue, rid, retrieve, be rid of, get rid of.Price
N price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.Atonement
VB atone, atone for, expiate, propitiate, make amends, make good, reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt, set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable, give satisfaction, come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.
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