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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From the exceptionally high [[ransom]] demanded for the return of a kidnapped or captured king. |
From the exceptionally high [[ransom]] demanded for the return of a kidnapped or captured king. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{audio|en|En-au-king's ransom.ogg|a=AU}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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{{en-noun|s|kings' ransoms}} |
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# {{idiomatic}} A very large sum of [[money]]. |
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} A very large sum of [[money]]. |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1825|author=[[w:Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]]|title=The Talisman|chapter=12 |
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|passage="But to yonder pavilion . . . the moon is glimmering on the gilded ball which crowns its roof, and which is worth a '''king's ransom'''."}} |
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#* '''1967''' March 10, ''Archeology: An Ill-Starred Treasure Comes into Its Own'' (pictorial), ''[[w:Life (magazine)|LIFE]]'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=plYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA101&dq=%22king%27s+ransom%22%7C%22king%27s+ransoms%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3bIcUZC9GszMmgW4yID4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22king's%20ransom%22%7C%22king's%20ransoms%22&f=false page 101]: |
#* '''1967''' March 10, ''Archeology: An Ill-Starred Treasure Comes into Its Own'' (pictorial), ''[[w:Life (magazine)|LIFE]]'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=plYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA101&dq=%22king%27s+ransom%22%7C%22king%27s+ransoms%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3bIcUZC9GszMmgW4yID4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22king's%20ransom%22%7C%22king's%20ransoms%22&f=false page 101]: |
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#*: These gold, silver and pewter pieces are part of a '''king’s ransom''' of Spanish treasure salvaged from the sea off Florida where they had lain for 250 years. |
#*: These gold, silver and pewter pieces are part of a '''king’s ransom''' of Spanish treasure salvaged from the sea off Florida where they had lain for 250 years. |
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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=March 24 1986|author=Bernice Kanner|title=The Real James Bond: Jim Lebenthal’s Tax-Bill Crusade|journal=[[w:New York (magazine)|New York]]|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-cCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22king%27s+ransom%22%7C%22king%27s+ransoms%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3bIcUZC9GszMmgW4yID4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22king's%20ransom%22%7C%22king's%20ransoms%22&f=false|page=46 |
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|passage=“{{...}}This commercial message is sponsored by Lebenthal in the heartfelt belief that we’re not the only ones who are going to miss the bonds when they’re gone and it costs a '''king’s ransom''' to turn on the lights, boil water, or haul the garbage.”}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Michael R. Matthews; Colin F. Gauld; Arthur Stinner|chapter=The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy|editors=Michael R. Matthews; Colin F. Gauld; Arthur Stinner|title=The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3GV2NgDwtjMC&pg=PA7&dq=%22king%27s+ransom%22%7Cking%27s+ransoms%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QK8cUcSqEM-cmQWg74G4CA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22king's%20ransom%22%7Cking's%20ransoms%22&f=false|page=7 |
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|passage=Solving longitude was one of the major preoccupations of European nations from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. '''King’s ransoms''' were offered for its solution.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=w:Jane Feather|title=Rushed to the Altar|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=dF3FBNFsyvMC&pg=PA386&dq=%22king%27s+ransom+of+diamonds%22|page=386|publisher=Pocket Books|year_published=2010|isbn=9781439145241 |
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|passage=Except that Clarissa Astley would not have been decked out in a '''king's ransom''' of diamonds.}} |
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====Synonyms==== |
====Synonyms==== |
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* {{l|en|fortune}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|very large sum of money}} |
{{trans-top|very large sum of money}} |
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* Finnish:{{t|fi|jättisumma}} |
* Finnish: {{t|fi|jättisumma}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t|hu|borsos ár}}, {{t+|hu|vagyon}} |
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* Russian: {{t|ru|большо́й куш|m}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förmögenhet|c}}, {{t|sv|furstlig summa|c}} |
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[[Category:en:Money]] |
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====Further reading==== |
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* {{R:MWO|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/king%27s%20ransom}} |
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* {{R:Collins|a kings ransom}} |
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* {{R:Cambridge|a king s ransom}} |
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* {{R:Macmillan|a king s ransom}} |
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{{C|en|Money}} |
Latest revision as of 12:37, 27 September 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the exceptionally high ransom demanded for the return of a kidnapped or captured king.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]king's ransom (plural king's ransoms or kings' ransoms)
- (idiomatic) A very large sum of money.
- 1825, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 12, in The Talisman:
- "But to yonder pavilion . . . the moon is glimmering on the gilded ball which crowns its roof, and which is worth a king's ransom."
- 1967 March 10, Archeology: An Ill-Starred Treasure Comes into Its Own (pictorial), LIFE, page 101:
- These gold, silver and pewter pieces are part of a king’s ransom of Spanish treasure salvaged from the sea off Florida where they had lain for 250 years.
- 1986 March 24, Bernice Kanner, “The Real James Bond: Jim Lebenthal’s Tax-Bill Crusade”, in New York, page 46:
- “ […] This commercial message is sponsored by Lebenthal in the heartfelt belief that we’re not the only ones who are going to miss the bonds when they’re gone and it costs a king’s ransom to turn on the lights, boil water, or haul the garbage.”
- 2005, Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner, “The Pendulum: Its Place in Science, Culture and Pedagogy”, in Michael R. Matthews, Colin F. Gauld, Arthur Stinner, editors, The Pendulum: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Educational Perspectives, page 7:
- Solving longitude was one of the major preoccupations of European nations from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. King’s ransoms were offered for its solution.
- 2010, Jane Feather, Rushed to the Altar, Pocket Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 386:
- Except that Clarissa Astley would not have been decked out in a king's ransom of diamonds.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]very large sum of money
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Further reading
[edit]- “king's ransom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “a king’s ransom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “a kings ransom”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “a king s ransom”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “a king s ransom” (US) / “a king s ransom” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.