redeemable

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From redeem + -able.

(1875) All greenbacks were to become redeemable in specie on January 1, 1879. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
Instead of supporting it as an unavoidable nuisance, only redeemable by its brevity, she goes through it as if it were a pageant or a procession. — Lady Audley's Secret, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
If he possess an unusual share of native energy, or the enervating magic of place do not operate too long upon him, his forfeited powers may be redeemable. — The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

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