ransom
/ˈrænsəm/noun
उच्चारण रैन्सम
फिरौती
Core word
noun
- 1
[C, U]
money that is paid to somebody so that they will set free a person who is being kept as a prisoner
फिरौती
- demand a ransom
- The newspaper reported that the family had paid the ransom and their son was safe.
- The kidnappers demanded a ransom of ten lakh rupees.
+ 2 more examples
- The family refused to pay the ransom and informed the police.
- In the old story, the king paid a heavy ransom for his son.
¶Idioms 1
a king's ransom
a very large amount of money
बहुत बड़ी रक़म
- That house must have cost a king's ransom.
- They paid a king's ransom for the painting.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Hold sb to ransom (force somebody to agree to demands by threatening); collocation: ransomware (malware that locks data until money is paid).
Idiom 'hold sb to ransom' (धमकी देकर माँगें मनवाना); collocation 'ransomware' (पैसे मिलने तक डेटा लॉक करने वाला malware)।