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вы́куп — meaning in English

vykup

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English meaning

  • ransom noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
  • redemption noun The act of making up for past mistakes or wrongdoing and restoring one's reputation.

Senses

вы́куп is used for these senses in English:

  • bride price In some cultures, a sum of money or other valuables paid by a bridegroom or on his behalf to the family of the bride.
  • redemption The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.

ransom — full definition

  1. noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
  2. verb To pay money to free someone held captive.

redemption — full definition

  1. noun The act of making up for past mistakes or wrongdoing and restoring one's reputation.
  2. noun The act of exchanging a voucher, bond, or points for its cash value.
  3. noun In religious use, salvation from sin.

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