returnable

[ri-tur-nuh-buh l]

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adjective

that may be returned: returnable merchandise.
requiring a return, as a writ to the court from which it is issued.

noun

a beverage bottle or can that can be returned when empty for refund of a deposit.

Origin of returnable

1375–1425; 1960–65 for def 3; late Middle English retournable. See return, -able

Related formsre·turn·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·re·turn·a·ble, adjective

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Related Words for returnable

convertible, complementary, equivalent, mutual, reciprocal, correlative, commutable, fungible, replaceable, returnable, substitutive, transmutable

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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.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Henry Hallam
This was returnable into chancery even where the business was depending before the council.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Henry Hallam
A writ of habeas corpus was forthwith sued out, returnable before Judge Grier.
The Trial of Theodore Parker
Theodore Parker
When the insured has overinsured on an unvalued policy, a proportionate part of the premium is returnable.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6
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British Dictionary definitions for returnable

returnable

adjective

able to be taken, given, or sent back
required to be returned by law, as a claim to the court from which it issued

Derived Formsreturnability, noun

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Word Origin and History for returnable

adj.

early 15c., from return (v.) + -able.