Hypertext Webster Gateway: "redeemable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redeemable \Re*deem"a*ble\ (-?*b;l), a.
1. Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held
under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge
securing the payment of money is redeemable.
2. Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a
promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory
notes, etc., redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or
four months after date.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redeemable
adj 1: recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition;
"redeemable goods in a pawnshop
2: able to be converted into ready money; "a cashable check";
"cashable gambling chips"; "redeemable stocks and bonds"
[syn: {cashable}]
3: susceptible to improvement or reform; "a redeemable sinner"
[syn: {reformable}]
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