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freezable

freezable

5.1
Can be legally blocked from use, for example money in a bank
  • adjective
  • /ˈfrizəbl/
  • Formal
translation icon : congelable
  • The court determined that the funds were freezable under the new regulations.

Examples

  • Authorities are searching for freezable assets linked to the criminal organization.

  • Only freezable accounts can be blocked during the investigation process.

  • The funds are freezable under certain conditions.

  • Is this account freezable due to the investigation?

  • The court determined that the funds were freezable under the new regulations.

  • Authorities are searching for freezable assets linked to the criminal organization.

  • Only freezable accounts can be blocked during the investigation process.

Surface Forms

freezable positive

Morphology

freezable = freeze (transparent) = freeze + able

The legal/administrative sense is a domain-specific extension of 'freeze' (to make inaccessible or immobile) but still follows the regular '-able' derivation.

Etymology

Freezable comes from the verb freeze and the ending -able, where freeze also means 'to stop or block', as when money is said to be 'frozen', and -able means 'can be'. So freezable assets are things that 'can be blocked' or frozen by the law.