Definition of bankable
1 : acceptable to or at a bank bankable currency
2 : sure to bring in a profit Hollywood's most bankable star — Sidney Sheldon
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The nonstop El Moussa coverage since speaks in part to a shortage of bankable subjects.
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April 1998 Still Lost in Space New Line Cinema submits its entry to the decade’s most bankable, some say predictable, film genre –
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: certain to make a profit
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