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Meaning of bankable | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˈbæŋkəbəl/

Definitions

  1. Acceptable to a bank.
  2. Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
  3. Reliable.

Equivalents

Français bancable

Examples

“a bankable check”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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