'Ransom' definitions:
Definition of 'ransom'
(from WordNet)
noun
Money demanded for the return of a captured person [syn: ransom, ransom money]
noun
Payment for the release of someone
noun
The act of freeing from captivity or punishment
verb
Exchange or buy back for money; under threat [syn: ransom, redeem]
Definition of 'Ransom'
From: GCIDE
- Ransom \Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed (-s[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See Ransom, n.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ransom'
From: GCIDE
- Ransom \Ran"som\ (r[a^]n"s[u^]m), n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ransom'
From: 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.)
Synonyms of 'ransom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Ransom, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Ransom, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Ransom -- U.S. County in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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