irredeemableadj.n.

/ɪrɪˈdiːməb(ə)l/

Etymology: ir- prefix².

A. adj.

a. Incapable of being redeemed or bought back.Of Government annuities: Not terminable by repayment of the sum originally paid by the annuitant. irredeemable debenture (see quot. 1965).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > able to be bought > able to be bought back > not

unredeemable1551

irredeemable1609

irredimable1609

irreplaceable1807

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > debenture > types of

army debenture1700

mortgage debenture1847

irredeemable debenture1900

irredeemable1952

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 105 Gif ane pley is anent lands, quhither they be redemable, or irredemable, ane warrant may be called.

1732 Gentleman's Mag. 2 709 There was 1,200,000l. due to the Bank, 2,000,000l. to the East India Company, and the irredeemable Annuities, being about as much as both.

1795 Mod. Rep. (ed. 5) 9 278 If this had been land which had been mortgaged, the defendants could not have held it irredeemable without coming into this court for a foreclosure.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 125 If a mortgage becomes irredeemable by this statute, it will remain so in the hands of an assignee.

1820 G. G. Carey Guide Publ. Funds 17 The debt..for which annuities have been granted for a limited period is called the Irredeemable debt.

1855 J. D. Maclaren in Mem. (1861) 245 Time is irredeemable.

1900 Daily News 3 July 2/5 £800,000 in Four-and-a Half per Cent. Irredeemable Mortgage Debenture stock at £108.

1965 F. E. Perry & F. R. Ryder Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 11) 317/1 Irredeemable debenture, a debenture which does not contain any provision for repayment of the principal money. Even if irredeemable, it falls to be paid upon the company going into liquidation.

b. Of paper currency: For which the issuing authority does not undertake ever to pay coin; not convertible into cash.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective] > not convertible

insolvent1667

inconvertible1833

irredeemable1837

insolvable1846

1837 D. Webster in Niles' Weekly Reg. 6 May 155/3 I abhor paper; that is to say irredeemable paper, paper that may not be converted into gold or silver at the will of the holder.

a1850 J. C. Calhoun Wks. I. 362 It left the country nearly without any currency, except irredeemable bank notes.

1866 H. Phillips Hist. Sketches Amer. Paper Currency 2nd Ser. 82 All such bills not presented by a certain reasonable time..should be forever after irredeemable.

1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. ii. 28 Those who regard an unlimited and irredeemable paper currency as a panacea for all financial evils.

2. figurative. That admits of no release or change of state; absolute, fixed, hopeless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable

unchangeablea1340

immovablec1374

unmovablec1384

immutable1412

unvariablec1425

indeclinable1432

unmutable?a1439

incommutablec1450

irrevocable1490

impermutable1528

irrecoverable1540

inalterable?1541

unreformable1549

inchangeable1583

beyond (also past, without) recall1597

incontrollable1605

invariable1607

unalterable1611

unrecallable1611

untransmutable1611

unreversable1616

involublea1618

irreversible1629

irreducible1633

inconvertible1646

eternal1685

intransmutable1691

unconvertible1700

unvoidable1725

unmodifiable1798

irreformable1812

irrevertible1822

irredeemable1839

true1845

influxible1871

irrevisable1884

intransformable1887

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable

uncoverlyc1225

irrevocable1382

returnless?1615

reverseless1630

unretrievable1684

irretrievable1695

retrieveless1703

revokeless1774

irredeemable1839

1839 E. A. Poe Fall House of Usher in Burton's Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 146 An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxii. i, in Maud & Other Poems 74 He..Wrought for his house an irredeemable woe.

3. Beyond redemption; irreclaimable; thoroughly depraved.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adjective]

irremissible1413

uncleansable?c1475

impardonable1523

unpardonable1525

inexcusable1526

unforgivable1548

unexcusable1550

pardonless1567

inexpiable1570

unreclaimable1574

irremittable1587

unremissible1593

unsatisfiable1593

unexpiable1606

excuseless1611

anapologetic1614

unsalvable1624

pretenceless1641

unpalliable1672

unatonable1689

redemptionless1799

irredeemablea1834

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > irredeemable

unreprievable1593

redemptionless1799

irredeemablea1834

unsalvable1895

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 196 The Steward [is]..the only character of utter irredeemable baseness in Shakspeare.

1892 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 1 Sept. They are irredeemable in their thriftlessness.

B. n.

†a. An irredeemable annuity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > annuity > schemes or types of

long annuity?1711

perpetuity1715

irredeemable1720

tontine1765

terminable annuity1778

1720 London Gaz. No. 5877/3 That for the Redeemables and Irredeemables subscribed..no Stock be allowed but in even 5l.

b. Anything that is irredeemable; spec. an irredeemable debenture.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > debenture > types of

army debenture1700

mortgage debenture1847

irredeemable debenture1900

irredeemable1952

1904 Daily Chron. 6 Feb. 3/2 The redemption of the irredeemable by woman's sweet and subtle influence the author has spared us.

1952 Economist 30 Aug. 514/1 Prices of most stocks at their lowest for twenty years, with irredeemables offering flat yields ranging up to..4¾ per cent.

1967 Economist 18 Nov. 785/2 The main effect..would eventually be felt by the long end of the market, especially by the irredeemables.

1973 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 27/4 Most of the irredeemables return over 12 p.c. on income.

Derivatives

irredeemaˈbility n.

ΚΠ

1791 A. Hamilton Wks. (1886) VIII. 228 The partial irredeemability of the 6 per cent.

irreˈdeemableness n. ‘the quality of being not redeemable’ (Webster, 1828).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	irredeemable
释义	irredeemableadj.n. /ɪrɪˈdiːməb(ə)l/ Etymology: ir- prefix². A. adj. 1. a. Incapable of being redeemed or bought back.Of Government annuities: Not terminable by repayment of the sum originally paid by the annuitant. irredeemable debenture (see quot. 1965). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > able to be bought > able to be bought back > not unredeemable1551 irredeemable1609 irredimable1609 irreplaceable1807 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > debenture > types of army debenture1700 mortgage debenture1847 irredeemable debenture1900 irredeemable1952 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 105 Gif ane pley is anent lands, quhither they be redemable, or irredemable, ane warrant may be called. 1732 Gentleman's Mag. 2 709 There was 1,200,000l. due to the Bank, 2,000,000l. to the East India Company, and the irredeemable Annuities, being about as much as both. 1795 Mod. Rep. (ed. 5) 9 278 If this had been land which had been mortgaged, the defendants could not have held it irredeemable without coming into this court for a foreclosure. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 125 If a mortgage becomes irredeemable by this statute, it will remain so in the hands of an assignee. 1820 G. G. Carey Guide Publ. Funds 17 The debt..for which annuities have been granted for a limited period is called the Irredeemable debt. 1855 J. D. Maclaren in Mem. (1861) 245 Time is irredeemable. 1900 Daily News 3 July 2/5 £800,000 in Four-and-a Half per Cent. Irredeemable Mortgage Debenture stock at £108. 1965 F. E. Perry & F. R. Ryder Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 11) 317/1 Irredeemable debenture, a debenture which does not contain any provision for repayment of the principal money. Even if irredeemable, it falls to be paid upon the company going into liquidation. b. Of paper currency: For which the issuing authority does not undertake ever to pay coin; not convertible into cash. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective] > not convertible insolvent1667 inconvertible1833 irredeemable1837 insolvable1846 1837 D. Webster in Niles' Weekly Reg. 6 May 155/3 I abhor paper; that is to say irredeemable paper, paper that may not be converted into gold or silver at the will of the holder. a1850 J. C. Calhoun Wks. I. 362 It left the country nearly without any currency, except irredeemable bank notes. 1866 H. Phillips Hist. Sketches Amer. Paper Currency 2nd Ser. 82 All such bills not presented by a certain reasonable time..should be forever after irredeemable. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. ii. 28 Those who regard an unlimited and irredeemable paper currency as a panacea for all financial evils. 2. figurative. That admits of no release or change of state; absolute, fixed, hopeless. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable unchangeablea1340 immovablec1374 unmovablec1384 immutable1412 unvariablec1425 indeclinable1432 unmutable?a1439 incommutablec1450 irrevocable1490 impermutable1528 irrecoverable1540 inalterable?1541 unreformable1549 inchangeable1583 beyond (also past, without) recall1597 incontrollable1605 invariable1607 unalterable1611 unrecallable1611 untransmutable1611 unreversable1616 involublea1618 irreversible1629 irreducible1633 inconvertible1646 eternal1685 intransmutable1691 unconvertible1700 unvoidable1725 unmodifiable1798 irreformable1812 irrevertible1822 irredeemable1839 true1845 influxible1871 irrevisable1884 intransformable1887 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable uncoverlyc1225 irrevocable1382 returnless?1615 reverseless1630 unretrievable1684 irretrievable1695 retrieveless1703 revokeless1774 irredeemable1839 1839 E. A. Poe Fall House of Usher in Burton's Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 146 An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxii. i, in Maud & Other Poems 74 He..Wrought for his house an irredeemable woe. 3. Beyond redemption; irreclaimable; thoroughly depraved. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adjective] irremissible1413 uncleansable?c1475 impardonable1523 unpardonable1525 inexcusable1526 unforgivable1548 unexcusable1550 pardonless1567 inexpiable1570 unreclaimable1574 irremittable1587 unremissible1593 unsatisfiable1593 unexpiable1606 excuseless1611 anapologetic1614 unsalvable1624 pretenceless1641 unpalliable1672 unatonable1689 redemptionless1799 irredeemablea1834 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > irredeemable unreprievable1593 redemptionless1799 irredeemablea1834 unsalvable1895 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 196 The Steward [is]..the only character of utter irredeemable baseness in Shakspeare. 1892 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 1 Sept. They are irredeemable in their thriftlessness. B. n. †a. An irredeemable annuity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > annuity > schemes or types of long annuity?1711 perpetuity1715 irredeemable1720 tontine1765 terminable annuity1778 1720 London Gaz. No. 5877/3 That for the Redeemables and Irredeemables subscribed..no Stock be allowed but in even 5l. b. Anything that is irredeemable; spec. an irredeemable debenture. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > debenture > types of army debenture1700 mortgage debenture1847 irredeemable debenture1900 irredeemable1952 1904 Daily Chron. 6 Feb. 3/2 The redemption of the irredeemable by woman's sweet and subtle influence the author has spared us. 1952 Economist 30 Aug. 514/1 Prices of most stocks at their lowest for twenty years, with irredeemables offering flat yields ranging up to..4¾ per cent. 1967 Economist 18 Nov. 785/2 The main effect..would eventually be felt by the long end of the market, especially by the irredeemables. 1973 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 27/4 Most of the irredeemables return over 12 p.c. on income. Derivatives irredeemaˈbility n. ΚΠ 1791 A. Hamilton Wks. (1886) VIII. 228 The partial irredeemability of the 6 per cent. irreˈdeemableness n. ‘the quality of being not redeemable’ (Webster, 1828). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.n.1609
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