call·a·ble

[kaw-luh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being called.
2.
subject to redemption prior to maturity, as a corporate bond.
3.
subject to payment on demand, as money loaned.

Origin:
1820–30; call + -able

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callable (ˈkɔːləbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (of a security) subject to redemption before maturity
2.  (of money loaned) repayable on demand

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Callable is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Unless the bond is callable, the government is going to have to go out onto the open market and buy back that bond.
Many callable securities remain callable past the initial call date.
The callable coupons will be linked to the corpus when converted to book entry.
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