| NOUN | possession | ransom, ransom money | money demanded for the return of a captured person |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | ransom | payment for the release of someone | |
| act | ransom | the act of freeing from captivity or punishment | |
| VERB | possession | ransom, redeem | exchange or buy back for money |
| Sounds | rae'nsahm | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | money demanded for the return of a captured person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | ransom money | |
| Broader | cost | The total / total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor |
| Spanish | rescate | |
| Catalan | rescat | |
| Verbs | ransom | exchange or buy back for money |
| Meaning | Payment for the release of someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | payment, defrayal, defrayment | The act of paying money |
| Spanish | rescate | |
| Verbs | ransom | exchange or buy back for money |
| Meaning | The act of freeing from captivity or punishment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | recovery, retrieval | The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) |
| Catalan | rescat | |
| Verbs | ransom | exchange or buy back for money |
| Meaning | Exchange or buy back for money; under threat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | redeem | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Broader | exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
| Spanish | redimir, rescatar | |
| Catalan | redimir, rescatar | |
| Nouns | ransom | the act of freeing from captivity or punishment |
| ransom | payment for the release of someone | |
| ransom | money demanded for the return of a captured person | |
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