returnable
[ri-tur-nuh-buh l]
adjective
noun
a beverage bottle or can that can be returned when empty for refund of a deposit.
Origin of returnable
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Related Words for returnable
convertible, complementary, equivalent, mutual, reciprocal, correlative, commutable, fungible, replaceable, substitutive, transmutableExamples from the Web for returnable
Historical Examples of returnable
For what amount are these debts upon which writs are returnable?
Mortomley's Estate, Vol. I (of 3)Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan Riddell
Hence an expedient was devised of issuing writs for a new parliament, returnable in six days.
This was returnable into chancery even where the business was depending before the council.
A writ of habeas corpus was forthwith sued out, returnable before Judge Grier.
The Trial of Theodore ParkerTheodore Parker
As regards the premium, it was proposed that no premium should be returnable, where the risk has attached.
returnable
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