单词 | redeemable |
释义 | redeemableadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Originally Scottish. Of property, stock, etc.: able to be repurchased or redeemed. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > able to be bought > able to be bought back redeemable1551 raquitable?c1682 1551 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 490/2 It is statute..that quhether the annuell be redemabill or vnredemabill [etc.]. 1646 Z. Boyd in Munimenta Alme Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 489 The said Laird wodset sold and disponed to us..the lands of the barronie..under reversion alwayes redeemable from us. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) ii. iii. §22. 205 Redeemable Rights are not so secure, because they may be evacuat by order of Redemption. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6199/1 The Royal Demesnes which have been alienated shall be redeemable by the Crown. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. iii. 555 The sinking fund has, no doubt, been considerably augmented..by the reduction of the redeemable four per cents. to three per cents. View more context for this quotation 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 165 The debt which the nation had incurred.., whether redeemable or irredeemable. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation App. 341 A brilliant lecture-list is a paper issue which may, or may not, be redeemable at par. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 174 The very pearls that..Pietro pawned..Redeemable by somebody. 1939 Econ. Jrnl. 49 70 Re-borrowing (within the original ‘loan period’) can always be effected by a conversion scheme in the case of redeemable stock. 1989 S. A. Fox Keys to Incorporating xix. 72 Convertible debentures are usually redeemable. 2002 E. McLaney & P. Atrill Accounting (rev. ed.) xv. 476 Redeemable preference shares allow the company to buy back the shares from shareholders at some agreed future date. b. Originally of a monetary bill or note: exchangeable for gold or silver (now historical). Now of a coupon, voucher, etc.: able to be exchanged for cash, goods, or services. ΚΠ 1821 Lit. & Sci. Repository July 145 Specie or bills redeemable in gold or silver, cannot circulate with a depreciated paper. 1891 Econ. Jrnl. 1 792 Treasury notes, which are legal tender for all debts, public and private, and are redeemable at the Treasury in gold or silver coin. 1905 Arizona Republican 11 Feb. 10/2 An act to prohibit the use of scrip or punchouts unless redeemable at any time in cash. 1952 Jrnl. Criminal Law, Criminol., & Police Sci. 43 116 The player must get three bars in line in order to win the jackpot consisting of twenty coins or slugs which are redeemable for cash or merchandise. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 8 Dec. 22 These..will be redeemable against products in the supermarket. 1997 J. Williams Money ix. 226/2 The ‘Greenback’, as the inconvertible government bills were known (to distinguish them from the redeemable yellow-back bills). 2007 Chesapeake Bay June 146/3 Insert your money, push play, and if you're lucky, you get a pull-tab that shows the winning combination, redeemable at the bar for a cash pay out. 2. Able to be recovered, rescued, or saved, esp. from sin or criminality. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [adjective] > ransomed > capable of being ransomed ransomable?1611 redeemable1611 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > reformed > able to be recuperable?a1439 reformable?a1439 reduciblec1475 mendable1533 corrigible1583 reclaimable1583 redeemable1611 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > capable of savable?a1425 salvable1667 redeemablea1774 the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > retrievable or recoverable recuperable?a1439 recoverablea1500 recuperative1623 repertible1656 retrievable1661 regainable1707 redeemable1850 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rachetable, redeemable; ransomable; recouerable for money. c1642 Contra-Replicant's Compl. 16 Nations..are not congregable, nor consultable, nor redeemable from confusion (pardon the hardnesse of words). 1709 J. Turner Wisdom of God in Redempt. of Man 164 The complete Innocence and spotless Purity of the Blessed Jesus..put us into a redeemable State. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 112 In this life we are only made redeemable, not actually redeemed. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 46 His forfeited powers may be redeemable. 1892 Sat. Rev. 26 Mar. 349/2 Its defeat will be honourable and redeemable. 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 19 591 These individuals are distinctly redeemable and their energies can be directed into socially useful channels. 1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space ii. 20 A favoured solution for the redeemable poor, including reformed prostitutes, was exportation from the cities to rural colonies or colonies overseas. 2004 S. S. Baldwin Tiger Claw xviii. 251 And as for non-Muslims of all kinds—they were dhimmis, redeemable only by conversion. B. n. In plural. Redeemable property, stocks, or other securities. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of redeemables1720 government bond1737 corporate bond1810 trustee security1859 international1863 foreigners1883 most active list1885 gilt-edge1900 actual1908 heavies1922 toxic waste1922 gilt-edged1930 prior charge1930 short1932 gilt1936 performer1939 tap1948 energy security1960 fallen angel1963 medium1968 physicals1974 underperformer1975 taplet1982 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xvii. 367/2 Directors..applied themselves to take in the remainder of the Annuities and Redeemables. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Redeemables, are Lands, Funds, &c. sold with a Reservation of the Equity of Redemption. 1797 Myddleton v. Ld. Kenyon & Others in F. Hargrave Juridicial Arguments & Coll. 330 Mr. Myddleton the father had granted several life annuities..to the amount of £2480. a year in redeemables. 1882 Standard 3 Nov. 6/3 For Perpetual Threes they ranged from 20 c. to 23 c.; for Redeemables, from 22 c. to 24 c. 1890 Times 5 Apr. 11/4 Redeemables opened at 92f. and left off at 92f. 15c. 1951 Jrnl. Finance 6 73 The changing volume of claims not matched by private debts (e.g., government redeemables) appeared to have negligible effect on cash-balance requirements and velocity. 2005 S. Bloomfield Funding Venture Capital ix. 150 Everyone participating gets a ‘vertical’ strip of the total structure ranked according to risk and reward—some ordinary equity; some preferred shares; some redeemables and so on. Derivatives reˈdeemableness n. rare = redeemability n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > capability savableness1634 salvability1654 salvableness1727 redeemableness1892 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Redeemableness, Capableness of being redeemed. 1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics i. i. 6 Christianity has faith in the redeemableness of human beings. 1938 Ruston (Louisiana) Daily Leader 22 Sept. 11/4 Said bonds shall..be issued..upon such terms and conditions as to maturity or maturities, rate or rates of interest, redeemableness, if any, at such premium or premiums..as the City of New Orleans may deem advisable. reˈdeemably adv. so as to be redeemable. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adverb] > redeemable redeemably1700 1700 A. Birnie Compend Ordinary Securities Scotl. iii. ii. 129 To..renunce at their pleasure, redeemablie or irredeemably without any Consent or Confirmation. 1827 in Law Times Rep. (N.S.) 50 708/2 Real security for payment..heritably, but redeemably always in terms of the said bond. 2007 Australian (Nexis) 5 Sept. 6 Janette's observations..are brutal but redeemably honest when compared with the weasel words of the politicians involved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1551 |
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