ransom money
41king's ransom — noun a very large treasure • Hypernyms: ↑treasure, ↑hoarded wealth * * * noun : a very large sum of money a rare book sometimes sells for a king s ransom R.D.Altick * * * an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king s… …
42king's ransom — {n. phr.} 1. An excessively large sum of money extorted by kidnappers to let someone go free. * /The Smith family had to pay a kings ransom for the freedom of their seven year old son, Tommy./ 2. An exorbitant fee one is forced to pay. * /The… …
43king's ransom — {n. phr.} 1. An excessively large sum of money extorted by kidnappers to let someone go free. * /The Smith family had to pay a kings ransom for the freedom of their seven year old son, Tommy./ 2. An exorbitant fee one is forced to pay. * /The… …
44a king's ransom — A HUGE AMOUNT, a vast sum; informal a (small) fortune, a mint, a packet, a pretty penny, big money; Brit. informal a bomb; N. Amer. informal big bucks; Austral. informal big bickies. → …
45World for Ransom — Infobox Film | name =World for Ransom caption =World for Ransom movie poster director = Robert Aldrich (uncredited) producer = Bernard Tabakin Robert Aldrich writer =Lindsay Hardy starring =Dan Duryea Gene Lockhart music = Frank De Vol… …
46Epaphroditus Ransom — (* 24. März 1798 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts; † 11. November 1859 in Fort Scott, Kansas) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und von 1848 bis 1850 der 7. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Michigan …
47King's Ransom — Infobox Film name = King s Ransom image size = 200px caption= The movie poster for King s Ransom director = Jeffrey W. Byrd producer = Darryl Taja David Brewington Jeremy Barber Luke Ryan Matt Moore Mike Drake Toby Emmerich writer = Wayne Conley… …
48River City Ransom EX — Infobox VG title=flagicon|JPNダウンタウン熱血物語ex flagicon|USARiver City Ransom EX flagicon|South Korea熱血高校(열혈고교) caption=North American boxart developer = Million co.,ltd (GBA) WindySoft (phone, Win) publisher = Atlus (GBA version) WindySoft (phone,… …
49(a) king's ransom — a king’s ransom mainly literary phrase a very large amount of money Thesaurus: large amounts of moneysynonym Main entry: king * * * a ˌking s ˈransom idiom (literary …
50Community ransom — The Community ransom (Hebrew: Kofer HaYishuv; כופר הישוב), or Yishuv ransom was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandate Palestine to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self defence force known as the… …
