ransom
/ˈrans(ə)m/
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American sound/ˈrans(ə)m/
ransom
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ran - som -> ransom
Myanmar meaning
(n) ပြန်ပေးရွေးရန်ငွေ။ (v) ပြန်ပေးများတောင်းထားသည့်ငွေကိုပေး၍ ရွေးသည်။
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ဖမ်းဆီးထားသူကို ပြန်ရွေးရာ၌ ပေးရသည့်ငွေ။
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of £ 50000 from his family. ❍ They paid over $ 2 million in ransom (money).
v ငွေပေး၍ အဖမ်းခံရသူကို ပြန်ရွေးသည်။
❏ hold sb to ransom [IDM ]
၁။ တစ်ဦးဦးကို ဖမ်းထားပြီး မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှရမှ ပြန်လွှတ်ပေးမည်ဟု တောင်းဆိုသည်။
၂။ (derog ) အကျပ်ကိုင်သည်။ By threatening strike action the unions are holding the country to ransom.
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payment, payoff, money, sum, bribe, buy back, buy freedom of, buy out, compensation, deal, deliver, deliverance, emancipate, exchange, expiation, extricate, free, liberate, liberation money, manumit, obtain release of, pay for release of, pay off, pay up, price, recover, redeem, redemption, regain, release, reprise, repurchase, rescue, restore, save, secure the release of, set free, strike a deal, unchain, unfetter
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