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▸ noun:  Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
▸ noun:  The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
▸ noun:  (historical, law, UK) 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.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
▸ verb:  To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
▸ verb:  To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A place in the United States:
▸ noun:  A village in Allen Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, named after Thomas E. G. Ransom.
▸ noun:  A minor city in Ness County, Kansas, also named after Thomas Ransom.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
▸ noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, named after Epaphroditus Ransom.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community and township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
▸ noun:  A township and village therein, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, named after Samuel Ransom.

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