bankable

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbæŋkəbəl/

Definition of bankable

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Acceptable to a bank.
    “a bankable check”
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adj

  1. Acceptable to a bank.
    “a bankable check”
  2. Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
    “a bankable film star”
    “The literary life evidently suits [Laura] Conrad, who for five years has lived in a fabulous truth-illusion netherworld as MTV’s most bankable reality-and-tabloid personality.”
    “Three of them—Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich—had contracts with Fox News that paid them handsomely to say outrageous and thus bankable things on a regular basis.”
  3. Reliable.

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Etymology

From bank + -able.

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