Ransom

Noun

 * 1) Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.

Related terms

 * bail

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.

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

Etymology
From the ransoun, from the  rançon, from the  redemption-, redemptio- (see redemption). Entered English ca. the 13th century

Noun

 * Arabic: (fídya)
 * Cantonese:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: lunnaat, lunnasraha
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: lausnargjald, lausnarfé
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 身代金
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: выкуп
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: откупнина
 * Roman: otkupnina
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Thai: (tài dtua)
 * Swahili:
 * Thai: (tài dtua)

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: maksaa lunnaat, lunastaa vapaaksi
 * French: rançonner
 * German:
 * Greek: λυτρώνω (litróno) (1), καταβάλω λύτρα (kataválo lítra) (2)
 * Italian: pagare il riscatto
 * Portuguese: pagar o resgate


 * Russian: выкупать
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: откупити
 * Roman: otkupiti
 * Spanish: rescatar
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * manors
 * morans
 * normas
 * ramson
 * Romans