redeem
to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.
to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure.
to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction: to redeem a pawned watch.
to exchange (bonds, trading stamps, etc.) for money or goods.
to convert (paper money) into specie.
to discharge or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.).
to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness.
to obtain the release or restoration of, as from captivity, by paying a ransom.
Theology. to deliver from sin and its consequences by means of a sacrifice offered for the sinner.
Origin of redeem
1synonym study For redeem
Other words for redeem
Opposites for redeem
Other words from redeem
- pre·re·deem, verb (used with object)
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How to use redeem in a sentence
If the company grows without raising additional equity funding, founders redeem most of the equity right, based on a pre-agreed return amount.
12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share | Walter Thompson | January 14, 2021 | TechCrunchIt was an opportunity, eight months after the United States confirmed its first coronavirus case, to redeem the nation’s devastating failures in organizing a regimen of testing, contact tracing and equipping medical workers with protective gear.
Vaccines were a chance to redeem failures in the U.S. coronavirus response. What went wrong? | Lena H. Sun, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Frances Stead Sellers, Laurie McGinley, Amy Goldstein, Christopher Rowland, Carolyn Y. Johnson | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostTucker redeemed himself by connecting from 51 yards with just more than four minutes left.
Lamar Jackson gets his first playoff victory as Ravens hold Titans’ Derrick Henry to 40 yards | Mark Maske | January 10, 2021 | Washington PostEven when customers use them, there’s often either a small balance left on gift cards that’s never redeemed, or they spend additional cash beyond the card balance to get the product they want.
Americans are on track to buy more gift cards this holiday season than ever before | Rachel King | December 24, 2020 | FortuneTap Network aims to solve this problem by allowing customers to spend those points through a broader network of rewards, which can usually be redeemed at a lower point level.
Tap Network raises $4M for its customizable rewards program | Anthony Ha | December 18, 2020 | TechCrunch
Sports drinks and coconut water, which is lower in sugar, can also redeem electrolytes lost while drinking, says White.
Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) may have drawn wide attention and praise for their redeem Act.
Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday? | Inimai Chettiar, Abigail Finkelman | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn all of this lies the chance, also, for FIFA to redeem itself.
Now, thanks to a military man he fired, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, he has a chance to redeem himself.
It’s Time for Obama to Heed McChrystal’s Call for the ‘Service Year’ | Jonathan Alter | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that means it has to potential to redeem Christie—or make his already-hellish 2014 much, much worse.
He had to do something, for although all his land had been foreclosed on, he had two years to redeem the same.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAnd I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAny person who is interested in a mortgaged estate has the right to redeem it; heirs, devisees, creditors.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesBut she seems able to take care of herself, and with that face and form, I guess she can redeem her fortunes any way she chooses.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe French war indemnity enabled him to redeem a considerable portion of the state debt and to remit certain taxes.
British Dictionary definitions for redeem
/ (rɪˈdiːm) /
to recover possession or ownership of by payment of a price or service; regain
to convert (bonds, shares, etc) into cash
to pay off (a promissory note, loan, etc)
to recover (something pledged, mortgaged, or pawned)
to convert (paper money) into bullion or specie
to fulfil (a promise, pledge, etc)
to exchange (trading stamps, coupons, etc) for goods
to reinstate in someone's estimation or good opinion; restore to favour: he redeemed himself by his altruistic action
to make amends for
to recover from captivity, esp by a money payment
Christianity (of Christ as Saviour) to free (mankind) from sin by his death on the Cross
Origin of redeem
1Derived forms of redeem
- redeemer, noun
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