blood money

blood mon·ey

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bluhd muhn-ee]
- /blʌd ˈmʌn i/
- /blʌd ˈmʌni/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bluhd muhn-ee]
- /blʌd ˈmʌn i/

Definitions of blood money words

uncountable noun blood money If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation. 3
uncountable noun blood money Blood money is money that is paid to someone for murdering someone. 3
noun blood money compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered person 3
noun blood money money paid to a hired murderer 3
noun blood money a reward for information about a criminal, esp a murderer 3
noun blood money money paid to a hired killer 3

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Parts of speech for Blood money

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blood money popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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