Hostage

Noun

 * 1) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.

Thesaurus
bail, bond, captive, earnest, earnest money, escrow, gage, guaranty, handsel, hock, mainprise, pawn, pignus, pledge, prisoner, recognizance, replevin, replevy, security, surety, token, token payment, undertaking, vadimonium, vadium

Etymology
From hostage: (French: otage, from hoste or  obsidanus.)

Translations

 * Arabic: رهين (Ra-h'in)
 * Catalan: ostatge
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 俘虜, 俘虏, 人質, 人质
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ostaĝo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: בן ערובה, בת ערובה
 * Hungarian:


 * Interlingua: ,
 * Japanese: hitojichi
 * Korean: 인질 (人質)
 * Norwegian: gissel
 * Old English:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ostatic, ostatică
 * Russian: заложник
 * Serbian: taoc, talac
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * he-goats
 * she-goat

Etymology
hospitalis:. Etymologically related to hôpital:.

Noun

 * 1) hostage

Descendants

 * English: hostage
 * French: otage