bankable

adjective

bank·​able ˈbaŋ-kə-bəl 

1

: acceptable to or at a bank

bankable currency

2

: sure to bring in a profit

Hollywood's most bankable star

—Sidney Sheldon

bankability

ˌbaŋ-kə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Examples of bankable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brands are continuously attaching themselves to what has now become a bankable franchise: Burger King France will allow customers to order from Squid Game menus, Xbox will have its own Squid Game controller, and Johnnie Walker has designed Squid Game bottles. —Chad De Guzman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024

Career Advice: Hoult is talented and bankable in indie films and TV series, but so far not many studio leading roles have come his way. —Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2024

Mezrich’s bankable reputation in Hollywood exists in inverse relation to the critical reception of his books, which have been almost uniformly panned. —Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024

Drinker is squarely in the bankable action genre and has the players to prove it. —Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1