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

However, it also should be noted May nearly doubled the production budget with overages, blew several deadlines, and the anxiety-inducing film was not the bankable comedy the studio wanted. —Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024

By the calculus of marquee appeal, this final face-off makes sense: What could be more rousing, in theory, than Mescal versus Denzel — than pitting a rising star against one of Hollywood’s most bankable veterans? —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024

But he’s been a bankable festival headliner for years and has been rubbing shoulders with the top-tier of artists for even longer. —Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024

To Boutros, the growing interest in unusual timepieces, as opposed to predictably bankable models, is another example of how the market is maturing. —Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1