redeem betydelse and definition

Betydelse av redeem på svenska

• 0 to make something or someone seem less bad:

  • A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a superb performance from Anthony Edwards.

  • He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.

  • She took me to see a really dull film, the only redeeming feature of which (= the only thing which prevented it from being completely bad) was the soundtrack.

• 1 to get something back:

  • She managed to save enough money to redeem her jewellery from the pawn shop.

• 2 to exchange a piece of paper representing a particular amount of money for that amount of money or for goods to this value

• 3 to carry out a promise or pay back a debt:

  • The amount required to redeem the mortgage was £358,587.

• 4 (in Christianity) to free people from sin:

  • "Jesus," said the priest, "saved and redeemed mankind by taking our sins upon himself."

• 5 to improve yourself, or to take action to improve the way other people think of you or something you have done:

  • After his poor performance in the golf tournament two weeks before, he was determined to redeem himself by playing well.

  • Very few TV talk shows have any redeeming values (= have good qualities that make their bad qualities less important).

• 6 to buy back something, or to exchange something for money or for goods or services:

  • You can redeem the bond at any time, but you will lose some interest.

• 7 to exchange shares or bonds for cash:

  • Class B Shares are subject to a sales charge if they are redeemed within six years of purchase.

  • Private investors will have to pay their own dealing fees to redeem their holdings.

• 8 to pay back a loan:

  • redeem a loan/debt/mortgage

• 9 to use a coupon (= piece of paper used to buy goods at a lower price), points from a credit card, etc. to buy something:

  • be redeemed against sth Coupons, either in or on the pack, may be redeemed against future purchases of the product.

  • redeem sth for sth New legislation would enable consumers to redeem gift certificates for cash once their value falls below $10.