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blood money
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blood money has 3 senses
- blood money(n = noun.possession) Array - compensation paid to the family of a murdered person; Array is a kind of compensation
- blood money(n = noun.possession) Array - a reward for information about a murderer; Array is a kind of reward
- blood money(n = noun.possession) Array - paid to a hired murderer; Array is a kind of payment
CIDE DICTIONARY
blood money,
- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
blood money
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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