redeemable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

redeemable (comparative more redeemable, superlative most redeemable)

1. Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
2. (finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase

   a redeemable annuity

   redeemable preferred stock

3. Susceptible to correction or reform.

Antonyms

• irredeemable

Derived terms

• nonredeemable
• redeemability
• redeemableness
• redeemably
• unredeemable

Translations

capable of being redeemed

• Bulgarian: възстановим (bg) (vǎzstanovim)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: λυτρωτός (lutrōtós)

(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased

• French: remboursable (fr)
• Romanian: rambursabil (ro), restituibil (ro)
• Spanish: reembolsable, amortizable (es)

susceptible to correction or reform

• French: corrigible (fr)
• Romanian: reformabil

Noun

redeemable (plural redeemables)

1. (finance) A financial instrument that can be redeemed.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “redeemable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “redeemable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.