redeemable

redeemable

English

Etymology

redeem +‎ -able

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

Translations

capable of being redeemed

(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased

French: remboursable (fr) m or f Romanian: rambursabil (ro) m, restituibil (ro) m or n

Spanish: reembolsable, amortizable

susceptible to correction or reform

French: corrigible (fr) m or f

Romanian: reformabil m or n, reformabili m pl

References

• redeemable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• redeemable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.