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redeem a promise obligation — redeem a promise/an obligation formal phrase to do something that you promised to do Thesaurus: to keep a promisesynonym Main entry: redeem … Useful english dictionary
Redeem — Re*deem (r?*d?m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redeemed}. ( d?md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redeeming}.] [F. r[ e]dimer, L. redimere; pref. red , re re + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. {Assume}, {Consume},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
redeem — re·deem /ri dēm/ vt 1 a: repurchase b: to repurchase by right and not on the open market redeem preferred shares 2 a: to free from a lien or pledge usu. by payment of the amount secured thereby … Law dictionary
redeem — verb (T) formal 1 IMPROVE STH to make something less bad: Olivier s performance redeemed what was otherwise a second rate play. | redeeming feature (=the one good thing about someone or something that is unpleasant): a brutal man, whose one… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
redeem — UK [rɪˈdiːm] / US [rɪˈdɪm] verb [transitive] Word forms redeem : present tense I/you/we/they redeem he/she/it redeems present participle redeeming past tense redeemed past participle redeemed 1) to improve something that is not very good by… … English dictionary
redeem — re|deem [ rı dim ] verb transitive ▸ 1 improve something ▸ 2 receive value of shares ▸ 3 use voucher ▸ 4 pay back money ▸ 5 save someone from evil ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) to improve something that is not very good by including something that is good: A… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
redeem — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English redemen, from Anglo French redemer, modification of Latin redimere, from re , red re + emere to take, buy; akin to Lithuanian imti to take Date: 15th century 1. a. to buy back ; repurchase b. to get or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
redeem — 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… … Useful english dictionary
To redeem the time — Redeem Re*deem (r?*d?m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redeemed}. ( d?md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redeeming}.] [F. r[ e]dimer, L. redimere; pref. red , re re + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. {Assume},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Redeemed — Redeem Re*deem (r?*d?m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redeemed}. ( d?md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redeeming}.] [F. r[ e]dimer, L. redimere; pref. red , re re + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. {Assume},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
