About The Word Hostage
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Hostage
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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 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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