Money demanded for the return of a captured person.

synonym: ransom money.

Roget 812: price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages etc. (remuneration) 973; value etc. 812.1. dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess^†, sess^†, tallage^†, levy; abkari^†; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage [U.S.], likin^†; gabel^†, gabelle^†; gavel, octroi^†, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment^†, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage.    bill etc. (account) 811; shot.    ... show more

Dutch: afkoopsom, uitkoop
Polish: wykupne, okup

Payment for the release of someone.

Dutch: losgeld, losprijs

The act of freeing from captivity or punishment.

Exchange or buy back for money; under threat.

synonym: redeem.

Roget 672: deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off, bring through; tirer d'affaire [Fr.], get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve etc. (restore) 660; be rid of, get rid of.    ... show more

Roget 952: atone, atone for; expiate; propitiate; make amends, make good; reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt.    set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up; pay the forfeit, pay the penalty.    apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable [Fr.], give satisfaction; come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.    ... show more

Dutch: losgeld betalen, losgeld, vrijkopen