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adjectiveacceptable for processing by a bank: bankable checks and money orders. considered powerful, prestigious, or stable enough to ensure profitability: Without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest. Origin of bankableAn Americanism dating back to 1810–20; bank2 + -able OTHER WORDS FROM bankablebank·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·bank·a·ble, adjectiveun·bank·a·ble, adjectiveun·bank·a·ble·ness, noun un·bank·a·bly, adverb Words nearby bankablebanjo clock, banjolele, Banjul, bank, Banka, bankable, bank acceptance, bank account, bank-and-turn indicator, bank annuities, bank balance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bankableBut her age—a tender 13 years—is nearing too old for a bankable model. Secrets of an Underage Model: Prostitution, Money in New Film ‘Girl Model’|Anna Klassen|September 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST Remaining among the very young at heart is how your next big, bankable idea springs to mind. The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|October 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Elsewhere in the game category, classic characters and bankable franchises reign. The 12 Coolest New Videogames|Lauren Streib|June 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST Will it make her husband Clifford bankable in Hollywood again? Summer's Last Beach Read|Michael Korda|August 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Doing things for others may not bring in bankable dividends but it does bring in happiness. Laugh and Live|Douglas Fairbanks There is method, too, in the colonel's associations, and all his acquaintance is gilt-edged and bankable. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873|Various These are all paid in full once a fortnight in bankable money. The Impending Crisis of the South|Hinton Rowan Helper Notes were usually made to pay a given number of "dollars, in good, bankable dust." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866|Various The same cupidity has given rise to two new terms in the miners' glossary,—trade dust and bankable dust. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866|Various
British Dictionary definitions for bankable
adjectiveappropriate for receipt by a bank dependable or reliablea bankable promise (esp of a star) likely to ensure the financial success of a film Derived forms of bankablebankability, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bankableprofitable, commercial, fit, good, hot, salable, selling, sound, wanted, for sale, merchandisable, merchantable, sellable, sought after, trafficable, vendible |