raunsoun

Definitions

• ransom; the practice of paying to let someone out of jail (in war).
• A payment or fee; money paid to someone out of necessity:
• (theology) Redemption or release from sinfulness.
• (theology) Jesus as the price of redemption from sin.
• A large quantity or reserve of coinage or money.
• (rare) People held for or to ransom.
• (rare) People who have been redeemed.