Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) A very large sum of money.
WordNet
n. a very large treasure
Wikipedia
King's Ransom is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Jeffrey W. Byrd and written by Wayne Conley, who was a writer for Kenan & Kel. The film stars Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Kellita Smith, Regina Hall, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Charlie Murphy, Loretta Devine, Brooke D'Orsay, and Leila Arcieri. King's Ransom was released in the United States on April 22, 2005, and, on a production budget of $15 million, brought in $4,143,652 worldwide.
King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery is a novel by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) published in 1959.
The Japanese movie High and Low (1963) directed by Akira Kurosawa, is loosely based on this novel.
King's Ransom may refer to:
- King's Ransom (novel), a novel by Ed McBain
- A King's Ransom, a novel by Jude Watson
- A King's Ranson, a novel by Sharon Kay Penman
- King's Ransom (film), a 2005 comedy film
- Kings Ransom, the first film in ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series
- " King's Ransom", episode of Batman Beyond
Usage examples of "king's ransom".
Their combined income was then $17,000 a year - this seemed a king's ransom to them, in those days when gas sold for thirty-five cents a gallon and a loaf of white bread could be had for a nickel less than that.
Then the crazy one had come with a diamond the size of a quail's egg, forced him to dry-swallow a king's ransom in memories and pain.
A king's ransom, it was, and it had been taken from a king four years before in the Water Gate at Seringapatam where Sharpe had trapped the Tippoo Sultan and shot him down before looting his corpse.
Still, it takes a good king's ransom to keep a raptor happy and well fed so that it will hunt well for you.