demandable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- demandability noun
Example Sentences
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“If you have a demandable claim, like a deposit, there should be some capital backing it.”
From New York Times
What fee is legally demandable,—and by whom,—and under what restrictions?
From Project Gutenberg
On the other hand, the Federal Reserve is not a typical bank, as JPMorgan Chase chief US economist Michael Feroli observed Tuesday: “The Fed has no demandable liability that could force its insolvency.”
From Time
The Court is uncertain whether the accommodations and privileges sought to be protected by the first and second sections of the Civil Rights Act are or are not rights constitutionally demandable,—and if they are, in what form they are to be protected.
From Project Gutenberg
The changes would “increase the stability of the shadow banking system because term lending would be less dependent on ‘demandable’ funding and more reliant on term funding, and the pricing of risk would reflect the actual risk incurred,” Hoenig said.
From BusinessWeek
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