Meanings
adjectiveredeemable (comparative more redeemable, superlative most redeemable)
comparative more redeemable · superlative most redeemable
- Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
- businessCapable 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
1 more example
redeemable preferred stock
- Susceptible to correction or reform.
nounredeemable (plural redeemables)
plural redeemables
- businessA financial instrument that can be redeemed.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiverecoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition
Similar
adjectiveable to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
adjectivesusceptible to improvement or reform
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinred-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latinredimō
- Old Frenchredimer
- Middle Englishredemen
- Englishredeem
- Englishredeemable
Translations
Ancient Greek λυτρωτός
- λυτρωτός (lutrōtós)capable of being redeemed
Bulgarian възстановим
- възстановим (văzstanovim)capable of being redeemed
French remboursable, corrigible
- remboursable(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- corrigiblesusceptible to correction or reform
Romanian rambursabil, restituibil
- rambursabil(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- restituibil(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- reformabilsusceptible to correction or reform
Spanish reembolsable, amortizable
- reembolsable(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
- amortizable(finance) capable of being paid off or repurchased
Cite this entry
APA
redeemable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redeemable
MLA
“redeemable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redeemable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redeemable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redeemable.
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