adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
redeemable
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adj
Meaning 2
Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- a redeemable annuity
- redeemable preferred stock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Susceptible to correction or reform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A financial instrument that can be redeemed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
susceptible to improvement or reform
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a redeemable sinner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reformable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cashable check
- cashable gambling chips
- redeemable stocks and bonds
- a redeemable coupon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cashable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- redeemable goods in a pawnshop
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin red- Proto-Indo-European *h1em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h1émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin redimōbor. Old French redimerbor. Middle English redemen English redeem Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English redeemable From redeem + -able.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: възстановим (vǎzstanovim) — capable of being redeemed
- Ancient Greek: λυτρωτός (lutrōtós) — capable of being redeemed
- French: remboursable — (finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- Romanian: rambursabil — (finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- Romanian: restituibil — (finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- Spanish: reembolsable — (finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- Spanish: amortizable — (finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- French: corrigible — susceptible to correction or reform
- Romanian: reformabil — susceptible to correction or reform