Capable of being redeemed; admitting of redemption.
Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge, satisfy, recover, or take back by payment: as, a redeemable annuity.
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adjective.
Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption.
adjective.
Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.
adjective.
Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
adjective.
Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase; as, a redeemable annuity or redeemable preferred stock.
adjective.
Susceptible to correction or reform.
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adjective.
susceptible to improvement or reform
adjective.
able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
adjective.
recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition
Word Usage
"It was evidently in connection with the second of these attempts that in January, 1738-39, the council again appealed to the governor to consent to the emission of �,000 in bills which they described as redeemable in silver and gold and which they said were on a different foundation from those which occasioned his Majesty's prohibition."