Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

price on someone's head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: price on -some-one's -head
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A compensation for capturing or killing someone, especially a criminal.

Example Sentences

"The police put a price on his head after he killed four innocent women."
""The price on our respective heads has more zeros in it than Pearl Harbor in 1941. Certainly there are safer places to 'get out.'""

Etymology

From the earlier punishment of beheading criminals. The usage of this idiom began in the mid-1700s.

Questions

What does price on someone's head mean?: A compensation for capturing or killing someone, especially a criminal.
Where does price on someone's head come from?: From the earlier punishment of beheading criminals. The usage of this idiom began in the mid-1700s.

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