redeemable

[ ri-dee-muh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being redeemed.
2. that will be redeemed:

   bonds redeemable in 10 years.

redeemable

/ rɪˈdɛmptəbəl; rɪˈdiːməbəl /

adjective

1. subject to cancellation by repayment at a specified date or under specified conditions
2. payable in or convertible into cash

Derived Forms

• reˌdeemaˈbility, noun
• reˈdeemably, adverb

Other Words From

• re·deema·bili·ty re·deema·ble·ness noun
• re·deema·bly adverb
• nonre·deema·ble adjective
• nonre·dempti·ble adjective
• unre·deema·ble adjective
• unre·deema·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of redeemable¹

First recorded in 1605–15; redeem + -able

Example Sentences

There will also be a new loyalty program that customers can sign up for to earn rewards redeemable for cash back and PayPal shopping credits for purchases completed through the platform.

From Popular-Science

Everyone is redeemable, he says, it just takes different strategies.

From The Daily Beast

“Everybody is redeemable if they show sufficient penitence,” former New York City Mayor Ed Koch said in an interview.

From The Daily Beast

By and by there came a lull, and the redeemable woman appeared, emerging from the smoke of the fury.

From Project Gutenberg

And they wanted to issue bonds; also paper money, redeemable in yams and cabbages in fifty years.

From Project Gutenberg

It is said that all perpetual annuities are essentially redeemable.

From Project Gutenberg

He made it an asset and began to issue celestial notes, countersigned by himself and made redeemable in Heaven.

From Project Gutenberg

The promises of theology cannot be made good till after death; ours are all redeemable in this life.

From Project Gutenberg