king's ransom
A very large sum of money.
"But to yonder pavilion . . . the moon is glimmering on the gilded ball which crowns its roof, and which is worth a king's ransom."
ransom
UK /ˈɹæn.səm/ US /ˈɹæn.səm/
name 5noun 3verb 3
Definitions
noun
1
Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
They were held for two million dollars ransom.
They were held to ransom.
2
The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
prisoners hopeless of ransom
Till the fair slave be rendered to her sire; And ransom-free restored to his abode
3
A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
punished with imprisonment and ransom at the King's will
verb
1
To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
2
To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
to ransom prisoners from an enemy
And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.
3
To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
Terrorists will continue to hold few detainees in undisclosed locations in order to ransom them for money or some other material profit, […]
name
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A surname.
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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