Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Acceptable to or at a bank.
- adjective Guaranteed to bring profit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Receivable as cash by a bank, as bank-notes, checks, and other securities for money.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Receivable at a bank.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Acceptable to a
bank . - adjective Certain to bring profit and success (especially in the entertainment industry).
- adjective
Reliable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective guaranteed to bring a profit
- adjective acceptable to or at a bank
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Examples
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Movies made from his books -- including "" The Last Picture Show '' and "" Terms of Endearment '' -- have made his name bankable in Los Angeles, despite a few duds like "" Texasville, '' and his screenplays are always in demand.
The Poet Lariat 2008
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Lindsay Lohan was axed from a movie because she's not "bankable" -- this according a source connected with the production of the flick.
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Lindsay Lohan was axed from a movie because she's not "bankable" -- this according a source connected with the production of the flick.
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Lindsay Lohan was axed from a movie because she's not "bankable" -- this according a source connected with the production of the flick.
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Lindsay Lohan was axed from a movie because she's not "bankable" -- this according a source connected with the production of the flick.
www.bricksandstonesgossip.com JohnnyFree 2010
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Lindsay Lohan was axed from a movie because she's not "bankable" -- this according a source connected with the production of the flick.
www.bricksandstonesgossip.com JohnnyFree 2010
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Okay, Downey isn't what we would call a bankable star for the general public, but is a movie about Edgar Allen Poe going to be??
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MUMBAI, INDIA (GaeaTimes. com) - The trend of making movies without so-called bankable stars and having several sub plots seems to have caught on with Bollywood filmmakers after the runaway success of 'Life In A Metro'.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 shantanu 2010
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I'm more confident in him taking it that someone who may be considered more 'bankable' but isn't really 'better'.
Sam Mendes No Longer Directing Preacher; Will John August Direct? | /Film 2010
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Nostalgia aside, you've been dropped from The Other Side, a film that was slated as your major comeback from trainwreck territory, because you're not "bankable," according to a TMZ source.
Yelena Shuster: Lindsay Lohan Joins Millions of Unemployed -- Again 2010
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