bankable
Americanadjective
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acceptable for processing by a bank.
bankable checks and money orders.
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considered powerful, prestigious, or stable enough to ensure profitability.
Without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest.
adjective
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appropriate for receipt by a bank
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dependable or reliable
a bankable promise
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(esp of a star) likely to ensure the financial success of a film
Other Word Forms
- bankability noun
- nonbankable adjective
- unbankable adjective
- unbankableness noun
- unbankably adverb
Etymology
Origin of bankable
Example Sentences
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Studio executives and theater operators chalk up the improved prospects to several factors, including a better and more plentiful crop of bankable movies that are giving consumers more reason to trek to the multiplex.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Coach has emerged as one of fashion’s most surprisingly bankable and buoyant brands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Concurrently, movies focused on white stories to avoid anti-miscegenation laws, not to mention white performers were seen as more bankable, especially to white audiences.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024
Organising concerts is tough, as they often incur losses, so when the opportunity arises, bankable performers are exploited for profits.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
The trader, in receiving our money, complains if it does not approximate what is bankable, but in paying us his money pours out a combination in which black sand is a predominating ingredient.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various
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