Meaning of BLOOD MONEY
| Pronunciation: | | blud 'munee
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- [n] paid to a hired murderer
- [n] a reward for information about a murderer
- [n] compensation paid to the family of a murdered person
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| | See Also: | | compensation, payment, reward | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Blood" mon`ey\
1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been
killed by another.
2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's
life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge,
of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for
committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of
that which will destroy the purchaser.
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| | Related Terms: | | account, allowance, amends, assessment, atonement, bill, blackmail, compensation, consideration, damages, emolument, fee, footing, guerdon, honorarium, hush money, indemnification, indemnity, initiation fee, meed, mileage, price, quittance, reckoning, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, requital, requitement, restitution, retainer, retaining fee, retribution, return, reward, salvage, satisfaction, scot, smart money, solatium, stipend, tribute, wergild |
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