bankable

[ bang-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. acceptable for processing by a bank:

   bankable checks and money orders.

2. considered powerful, prestigious, or stable enough to ensure profitability:

   Without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest.

bankable

/ ˈbæŋkəbəl /

adjective

1. appropriate for receipt by a bank
2. dependable or reliable

   a bankable promise

3. (esp of a star) likely to ensure the financial success of a film

Derived Forms

• ˌbankaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• banka·bili·ty noun
• non·banka·ble adjective
• un·banka·ble adjective
• un·banka·ble·ness noun
• un·banka·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of bankable¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; bank ² + -able

Example Sentences

Those were also breakthrough films for Statham, who has since become one of the world's most bankable action stars.

From Ars Technica

But her age—a tender 13 years—is nearing too old for a bankable model.

From The Daily Beast

Debts of thanks are almost never bankable and often make for resentments.

From The Daily Beast

Remaining among the very young at heart is how your next big, bankable idea springs to mind.

From The Daily Beast

Elsewhere in the game category, classic characters and bankable franchises reign.

From The Daily Beast

Will it make her husband Clifford bankable in Hollywood again?

From The Daily Beast

There is method, too, in the colonel's associations, and all his acquaintance is gilt-edged and bankable.

From Project Gutenberg

These are all paid in full once a fortnight in bankable money.

From Project Gutenberg

Doing things for others may not bring in bankable dividends but it does bring in happiness.

From Project Gutenberg

The same cupidity has given rise to two new terms in the miners' glossary,—trade dust and bankable dust.

From Project Gutenberg

Many merchants even keep a saucer of black sand in readiness to dilute their bankable gold to the utmost thinness it will bear.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• profitable