to redeem

Examples

• All

• After borrowing money for repairs, she was able to redeem her credit score by paying off the debt.

• Civil War greenbacks were slowly withdrawn from circulation (and were redeemed in gold beginning in 1879).

  Academic text (2012)

• And you can you could redeem your paper and get gold.

  IMPAULSIVE

• Sign over the vessel... and you will redeem the house.

  Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

• The general is here to redeem his promissory notes.

  The Great Sinner (1949)

• Switzerland redeemed $50 billion of dollar paper for gold in July 1971.

  Academic text (2012)

• Uh, about five months ago, Mr. Lodge redeemed $5,000 worth of his whole life policy with us.

  Suburbicon (2017)

• Unlike marketable securities, special issues can be redeemed at any time at face value.

  Blog text (31)

• They bore no interest and could be redeemed for specie on demand.

  4 Presidents (2020)

• England's central bank was privately owned and granted the monopoly to issue banknotes, paper that could be redeemed for an equal amount of gold from the government's coffers.

  Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)

Synonyms

P

to pay back

vsto redeem

298 1.6

Give back money you borrowed from someone

is broader, adding buy back or clearing debt senses beyond returning money

P

to pay off

vsto redeem

153 2.7

Repay all the money you owe on a loan

also covers buying back something or regaining it by payment

R

to repay

vsto redeem

75 1.7

To pay back money you borrowed

also means buying back or regaining by payment rather than only returning money

Antonyms

F

to forfeit

81 5.7

To lose something because you break a rule or as a penalty

D

to default

• Specialized

55 6.7

Fail to pay money you owe on a loan

How Much

to redeem

• Specialized

14 5.4

to settle

140 3.4

to repay

75 1.7

to pay

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology