Lexic.us

Definition of Bankable

1. Adjective. Guaranteed to bring a profit. "Without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest"

Definition of Bankable

1. a. Receivable at a bank.

Definition of Bankable

1. Adjective. Acceptable to a bank. ¹

2. Adjective. Certain to bring profit and success (especially in the entertainment industry). ¹

3. Adjective. Reliable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bankable

1. bank [adj] - See also: bank

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bankable

Literary usage of Bankable

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

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Contract payable in bankable Confederate Currency—"currency of the day." * On the 5th of December. 1863, after the Proclamation of ..."

2. Co-operative Credit for the United States by Henry William Wolff (1917)
"money upon it, his security will have to be put into a different shape, so as to become bankable. And for this a new contrivance will be needed. ..."

3. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"(bankable.) Amaurosis and Amblyopia. Arnica, has long been a popular remedy for amaurosis in Germany; ..."

4. A Treatise on Secret Liens and Reputed Ownership by Abram I. Elkus, Garrard Glenn (1910)
"Loans on bankable documents of title. Of course, cases of this sort must be distinguished from the numerous cases where the dealings in documents of title ..."

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