| 词汇 | example_english_ransom-payment |
| 释义 | ransom paymentcollocation in Englishmeanings of ransomand paymentThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with payment. ransom noun[C or U] uk /ˈræn.səm/ us /ˈræn.səm/ a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for ... See more at ransom payment noun uk /ˈpeɪ.mənt/ us /ˈpeɪ.mənt/ an amount of ... See more at payment Examples of ransom paymentThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Women and children, finally, are carried away as prisoners, but readily released, with or without a ransompayment, after peace has been restored. It is a ransompayment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was released only after a ransompayment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Victorious military heroes have been honoured by rewards of diamonds and also have been used as ransompayment for release from imprisonment or abduction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Failing this, the partnerships in which we are investing so much may as well be called ransom payments. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English After seeing the profitability of ransom payments, some financiers and former militiamen later began to fund pirate activities, splitting the profits evenly with the pirates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has been estimated by piracy experts that in 2008 the pirates gained about $80 million through ransom payments. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At least $600m (366m) in ransom payments has been extorted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One report estimated its revenues from ransom payments in 2000 alone between $10 and $25 million. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of the pirates fled without taking any ransoms, but it appears that others were indeed given ransom payments before leaving the ships they had taken. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gwen also objects to the ransom payments, as she could not fathom why the family would want to risk money for two househelps. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of ransom Go to the definition of payment See other collocations with payment |
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