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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ransom \Ran"som\, n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on,
   raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr.
   redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Redemption}.]
   1. The release of a captive, or of captive, or of captured
      property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as,
      prisoners hopeless of ransom. --Dryden.

   2. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner,
      or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom
      from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.

            Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.
                                                  --Milton.

            His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he
            paid for his liberty.                 --Sir J.
                                                  Davies/.

   3. (O. Eng. Law) A sum paid for the pardon of some great
      offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine
      paid in lieu of corporal punishment. --Blackstone.

   {Ransom bill} (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of
      nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and
      its safe conduct into port. --Kent.