Ransom jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

ransom

amerikai:

brit:

Főnév

1. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.

They were held for two million dollars ransom.

2. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.

prisoners hopeless of ransom

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.

Ige

1. (14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.

2. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.

to ransom prisoners from an enemy

3. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

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.