KING'S RANSOM Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

king's ransom

noun

Definition of king's ransom

as in fortune

a very large amount of money that enormous diamond ring must have cost a king's ransom

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Recent Examples of king's ransom So, realistically, what would the Yankees have to trade for the Pirates to accept their king's ransom? — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 The king's ransom paid Apple for Google search priority has been called into question due to the government's antitrust case against Alphabet . — Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025

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Noun

But Sporting reversed its fortunes and earned its fourth win of the season, a 2-1 victory over the visitors from up north.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth, published in 1889, argued that any surplus fortune held past death represents a moral failure, not a legacy.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of fortune

Noun

Futurama premieres Monday, August 3 with two new episodes on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers and Disney+ internationally.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 July 2026
As recently as July 20, Roku listed the bundle at $60 with a sale price of $25, according to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of bundle

Noun

The supply scoreboard dates from the era when a stablecoin was parked collateral, a casino chip waiting between trades, and the bigger the pile the healthier the market.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Video from Menasha obtained by CNN shows homes missing parts of roofs, structures stripped of their exteriors amid piles of debris, downed power poles and uprooted trees.

— Dakota Smith, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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