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- Dictionaryhostage/ˈhɒstɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition: "three hostages were released but only after their families paid an estimated $200,000 to the guerrillas"
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HOSTAGE definition: 1. someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do…. Learn more.
hostage: [noun] a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement. a person taken by force to secure the taker's demands.
HOSTAGE meaning: 1. someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do…. Learn more.
Hostage definition: a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.. See examples of HOSTAGE used in a sentence.
4 meanings: 1. a person given to or held by a person, organization, etc, as a security or pledge or for ransom, release,.... Click for more definitions.
hostage: 1 n a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms Synonyms: surety Type of: captive , prisoner a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
Definition of hostage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2. One that serves as security against an implied threat: superpowers held hostage to each other by their nuclear arsenals.
HOSTAGE definition: 1. someone who is kept as a prisoner and may be hurt or killed in order to force other people to do…. Learn more.
Hostage definition: A person held by one party in a conflict as security that specified terms will be met by the opposing party.
