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Definition of Irredeemable

1. Adjective. Insusceptible of reform. "Irredeemable sinners"

2. Adjective. (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.

Definition of Irredeemable

1. a. Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.

Definition of Irredeemable

1. Adjective. Not redeemable; unredeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped. ¹

2. Adjective. (finance of debts, currency, etc.) Not able to be cancelled by a payment or converted to another form of currency or financial instrument, especially one considered more secure or reliable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irredeemable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irredeemable

irreconciled irreconcilement irreconciles irreconciliation irreconciling irrecordable irrecoverable irrecoverableness irrecoverably irrecuperable

irrecuperably irrecured irrecusable irrecusably irredeemability irredeemable irredeemableness irredeemably irredenta irredentas

irredentism irredentisms irredentist irredentists irreducibilities irreducibility irreducible irreducible complexity irreducible hernia irreducibleness

Literary usage of Irredeemable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Financial Organization of Society by Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"I. Irredeemable PAPER OR FIAT CURRENCY The history of inconvertible or fiat paper currency is practically contemporaneous with that of the controversy over ..."

2. Theory and Practice of Estate Accounting for Accountants, Lawyers, Executors by Frederick Henry Baugh, William Christian Schmeisser (1910)
"(b) Irredeemable Rents. Irredeemable rents are those which do not give the ... In some of the States the perpetuity of irredeemable leases has been put a ..."

3. The Principles of Money and Banking by Charles Arthur Conant (1905)
"Irredeemable government paper. 6. Redeemable bank-note paper. 7. Irredeemable bank-note paper. I. The monetary standard is the unit of account by which ..."

4. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"By some these rents arc perpetual and irredeemable ; and by others they are ... but the said rent is irredeemable, unless it be otherwise provided for and ..."

5. Outlines of Economic Theory by Herbert Joseph Davenport (1896)
"CHAPTER XIX Irredeemable CURRENCY Would paper money be good for anything if all the money ... Would any demand exist for legal tender irredeemable paper ? ..."

6. Taxation: Its Principles and Methods by Luigi Cossa, Horace White (1888)
"Irredeemable debt. Irredeemable debt, which in present extent far surpasses the redeemable, comprises loans for which the debtor (almost always the State) ..."

7. Taxation: Its Principles and Methods by Luigi Cossa, Horace White (1888)
"Irredeemable debt. Irredeemable debt, which in present extent far surpasses the redeemable, comprises loans for which the debtor (almost always the State) ..."

8. The Financial Organization of Society by Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"I. Irredeemable PAPER OR FIAT CURRENCY The history of inconvertible or fiat paper currency is practically contemporaneous with that of the controversy over ..."

9. Theory and Practice of Estate Accounting for Accountants, Lawyers, Executors by Frederick Henry Baugh, William Christian Schmeisser (1910)
"(b) Irredeemable Rents. Irredeemable rents are those which do not give the ... In some of the States the perpetuity of irredeemable leases has been put a ..."

10. The Principles of Money and Banking by Charles Arthur Conant (1905)
"Irredeemable government paper. 6. Redeemable bank-note paper. 7. Irredeemable bank-note paper. I. The monetary standard is the unit of account by which ..."

11. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"By some these rents arc perpetual and irredeemable ; and by others they are ... but the said rent is irredeemable, unless it be otherwise provided for and ..."

12. Outlines of Economic Theory by Herbert Joseph Davenport (1896)
"CHAPTER XIX Irredeemable CURRENCY Would paper money be good for anything if all the money ... Would any demand exist for legal tender irredeemable paper ? ..."

13. Taxation: Its Principles and Methods by Luigi Cossa, Horace White (1888)
"Irredeemable debt. Irredeemable debt, which in present extent far surpasses the redeemable, comprises loans for which the debtor (almost always the State) ..."

14. Taxation: Its Principles and Methods by Luigi Cossa, Horace White (1888)
"Irredeemable debt. Irredeemable debt, which in present extent far surpasses the redeemable, comprises loans for which the debtor (almost always the State) ..."

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