Princeton's WordNet

1. ransom, ransom money(noun)

   money demanded for the return of a captured person

2. ransom(noun)

   payment for the release of someone

3. ransom(verb)

   the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

4. ransom, redeem(verb)

   exchange or buy back for money; under threat

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. ransom(noun)ˈræn səm

   an amount of money demanded for the release of a hostage or prisoner

   to demand a ransom; a ransom note

Wiktionary

1. ransom(Noun)

   Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.

2. ransom(Verb)

   To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.

3. ransom(Verb)

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

   to ransom prisoners from an enemy

4. ransom(Verb)

   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. uE000176397uE001 Berners.

Origin: From the ransoun, from the rançon, from stem of redemptio. (See redemption.) Entered English ca. the 13th century

Webster Dictionary

1. Ransom(noun)

   the release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom

2. Ransom(noun)

   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

3. Ransom(noun)

   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

4. Ransom(noun)

   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

5. Ransom(noun)

   to exact a ransom for, or a payment on

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