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
For decades, it was one of the most bankable brands in food.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
He semi-retired from the sport in 2004 to focus on his Hollywood career, going on to become one of the industry's most bankable stars.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
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
At all events make it bankable, and add the interest for six months.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
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