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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ran•som /ˈrænsəm/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the release of a prisoner, kidnapped person, etc., for a demanded price.
- the price paid or demanded for such freeing or releasing:[countable]a ransom of $30,000.
v. [~ + object] - to free or release someone held prisoner or kidnapped by paying a demanded price.
ran•som•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ran•som (ran′səm),USA pronunciation n. - the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- the sum or price paid or demanded.
- Religiona means of deliverance or rescue from punishment for sin, esp. the payment of a redemptive fine.
v.t. - to redeem from captivity, bondage, detention, etc., by paying a demanded price.
- to release or restore on receipt of a ransom.
- to deliver or redeem from punishment for sin.
- Old French rançonner, derivative of rançon
- Late Latin redēmptiōn- (stem of redēmptiō) redemption; (verb, verbal) Middle English ransounen
- Old French rançon
- (noun, nominal) Middle English ransoun 1150–1200
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deliverance, liberation, release.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See redeem.
Ran•som (ran′səm),USA pronunciation n. John Crowe (krō),USA pronunciation 1888–1974, U.S. poet, critic, and teacher.
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