bankable
Definitions
- Acceptable to a bank.
- Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
- Reliable.
Equivalents
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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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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