выкуп — 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
выкуп 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
- noun Money demanded or paid to free a hostage or captured person.
- verb To pay money to free someone held captive.
redemption — full definition
- noun The act of making up for past mistakes or wrongdoing and restoring one's reputation.
- noun The act of exchanging a voucher, bond, or points for its cash value.
- noun In religious use, salvation from sin.
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