ransom

Etymology
From the, from the , from stem of. Entered English ca. the 13th century. .

Noun

 * 1) Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
 * 2) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
 * 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.
 * 1) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Usage notes

 * "held ransom" is much more common in the US, "held  ransom" in the UK.

Translations

 * Arabic: فِدْيَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: вы́куп
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 贖金
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: გამოსასყიდი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λύτρα, ἄποινα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, lausnarfé
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 몸값
 * Latin: pretium
 * Lithuanian: išpirka
 * Macedonian: откуп
 * Malay: tebusan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: løsepenger
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: откупнина
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: výkup, výkupné
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pantubos, panubos
 * Thai: ไถ่ตัว
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * 1)  To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
 * 2) To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
 * 3) To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
 * 1) To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
 * 1) To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِفْتَدَى, فَدَى
 * Bulgarian: откупвам
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: vykoupit
 * Esperanto: elaĉeti
 * Finnish: maksaa lunnaat
 * French:
 * German: (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λυτρόομαι, λυτρόω
 * Irish: fuascail
 * Italian:
 * Latin: redimō
 * Malay: menebus
 * Polish: odkupywać,
 * Portuguese: pagar resgate
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: откупити
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: плащам откуп
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λυτρόω