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BLOOD MONEY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paid to a hired murderer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("blood money" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A reward for information about a murderer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("blood money" is a kind of...):

reward (payment made in return for a service rendered)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Compensation paid to the family of a murdered person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("blood money" is a kind of...):

compensation (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))

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