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Hostage

Hostage Meaning & Definition
Hostage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hostage?

[n] a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hostage: surety

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hostage: bail | bond | captive | earnest | earnest money | escrow | gage | guaranty | handsel | hock | mainprise | pawn | pignus | pledge | prisoner | recognizance | replevin | replevy | security | surety | token | token payment | undertaking | vadimonium | vadium

See Also | captive | prisoner

Hostage In Webster's Dictionary

\Hos"tage\, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. [^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See {Host} a landlord.] A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. --Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. --Bacon.

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