redeemable

American  

[ri-dee-muh-buhl] / rɪˈdi mə bəl /

Also redemptible

adjective

1. capable of being redeemed.

2. that will be redeemed.

   bonds redeemable in 10 years.

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redeemable British  

/ rɪˈdɛmptəbəl, rɪˈdiːməbəl /

adjective

1. subject to cancellation by repayment at a specified date or under specified conditions

2. payable in or convertible into cash

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Other Word Forms

• nonredeemable adjective
• nonredemptible adjective
• redeemability noun
• redeemableness noun
• redeemably adverb
• unredeemable adjective
• unredeemably adverb

Etymology

Origin of redeemable

First recorded in 1605–15; redeem + -able

Example Sentences

One vendor arranged for annual trips to a resort in Maui, complete with massages, room charges, and thousands of dollars in gift cards redeemable at the resort, the complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times

The latter may be their only redeemable quality.

From Salon

If Zabka weren’t so charming, we couldn’t have bought the proposition that an ignorant wretch like Johnny could be redeemable.

From Salon

Gift cards, reservations and promotions remain active and redeemable.

From Los Angeles Times

"I have tended to show humanity as fallible, sensitive, befuddled, misled but redeemable, rather than mindless, relentlessly violent," he wrote in his autobiography in 2004.

From BBC