Synonym: surety. Similar words: a stage, at this stage, host, ghost, hostile, heritage, cottage, shortage. Meaning: ['hɑstɪdʒ /'hɒs-] 
n. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
n. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms. 
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151. As things stand, the trouble is that their output, being hostage to weather, is highly variable.
152. Across the globe, in Brooklyn, N.Y., some Hasidic Jews used Twitter to track the fate of a rabbi held hostage in the building.
153. The non-governmental organization Pais Libre says there are at least 136 people held hostage in Colombia.
154. When a couple is taken hostage in their home by an intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much more complicated.
155. In some parts of the Philippines, such as Mindanao, hostage taking is not an uncommon occurrence, so the country has some forces that are well trained in the necessary tactics.
156. The Abduction of his wife a hostage to Lee, Lee Love on how to deal with?
157. He advised Carter on the Iranian hostage crisis, sized up Gorbachev for Reagan, and wrote George H. W. Bush's war aims for Operation Desert Storm.
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