 10 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ransom
noun
1: money demanded for the return of a captured person [syn: {ransom
money}]
2: payment for the release of someone
3: the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
verb: exchange or buy back for money; under threat [syn: {redeem}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ransom \Ran"som\ (r[a^]n"s[u^]m), noun [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF.
ran[,c]on, raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L.
redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf.
{Redemption}.]
1. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by
payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners
hopeless of ransom. --Dryden.
2. 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.
Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.
--Milton.
His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he
paid for his liberty. --Sir J.
Davies.
3. (O. Eng. Law) 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.
{Ransom bill} (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of
nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and
its safe conduct into port. --Kent.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ransom \Ran"som\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ransomed} (-s[u^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ransoming}.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See
{Ransom}, noun]
1. 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 ransom prisoners
from an enemy.
2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "ransom":
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
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
RANSOM, noun The purchase of that which neither belongs to the seller,
nor can belong to the buyer. The most unprofitable of investments.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ransom, IL (village, FIPS 62757)
Location: 41.15807 N, 88.65527 W
Population (1990): 438 (165 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60470
Ransom, KS (city, FIPS 58500)
Location: 38.63635 N, 99.93199 W
Population (1990): 386 (207 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67572
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Ransom, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 409
Housing Units (2000): 159
Land area (2000): 0.991359 sq. miles (2.567608 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.991359 sq. miles (2.567608 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62757
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.155955 N, 88.653178 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60470
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ransom, IL
Ransom
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Ransom, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 338
Housing Units (2000): 179
Land area (2000): 0.326169 sq. miles (0.844774 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.326169 sq. miles (0.844774 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58500
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.635344 N, 99.932434 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67572
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ransom, KS
Ransom
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Ransom -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 5890
Housing Units (2000): 2604
Land area (2000): 862.747134 sq. miles (2234.504725 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.381735 sq. miles (3.578678 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 864.128869 sq. miles (2238.083403 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.478135 N, 97.668528 W
Headwords:
Ransom
Ransom, ND
Ransom County
Ransom County, ND
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ransom
the price or payment made for our redemption, as when it is said
that the Son of man "gave his life a ransom for many" (Matt.
20:28; comp. Acts 20:28; Rom. 3:23, 24; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Gal.
3:13; 4:4,
5: Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 1 Tim. 2:6; Titus 2:14; 1
Pet. 1:18, 19. In all these passages the same idea is
expressed). This word is derived from the Fr. rancon; Lat.
redemptio. The debt is represented not as cancelled but as fully
paid. The slave or captive is not liberated by a mere gratuitous
favour, but a ransom price has been paid, in consideration of
which he is set free. The original owner receives back his
alienated and lost possession because he has bought it back
"with a price." This price or ransom (Gr. lutron) is always said
to be Christ, his blood, his death. He secures our redemption by
the payment of a ransom. (See {REDEMPTION}.)
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