Redeem

  • 41redeem v — While handing a 25 cent off coupon to the supermarket clerk at the checkout counter, a woman inadvertently missed her hand, and the coupon slipped beneath the scale and was gone. The checker looked distressed, so the woman said, That s Okay, it s …

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  • 42redeem — v. a. 1. Repurchase, buy back, regain, retrieve. 2. Ransom, free, liberate, save, rescue. 3. Deliver, recover, rescue, save. 4. Compensate, recompense, make amends for, atone for. 5. Fulfil, keep, discharge, make good, perform. 6. Improve, employ …

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  • 43redeem — v 1. retrieve, regain, buy back, recover, reclaim; repay, make good, pay in full, pay off, cover, make the final payment. 2. ransom, rescue, save, deliver, liberate, emancipate, free, set free, release; extricate, repossess, Law. replevy. 3.… …

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  • 44redeem — re·deem …

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  • 45redeem — verb 1) redeeming sinners Syn: save, deliver from sin, absolve 2) Billy redeemed his drums from the pawnbrokers Syn: retrieve, regain, recover, get back, reclaim, repossess, buy back 3) …

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  • 46redeem —   Uku pāna i …

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  • 47redeem — /rɪ di:m/ verb to exchange a voucher, coupon or stamp for a gift or a reduction in price …

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  • 48redeem — To make a redemption. See redemption …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 49redeem — [15] The deem is not the same word as deem (which is related to doom). In fact, there never was a true deem in it. It comes from Latin emere ‘take, buy’ (source also of English example, prompt, etc), which when combined with the prefix re ‘again …

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  • 50redeem — v.tr. 1 buy back; recover by expenditure of effort or by a stipulated payment. 2 make a single payment to discharge (a regular charge or obligation). 3 convert (tokens or bonds etc.) into goods or cash. 4 (of God or Christ) deliver from sin and… …

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