redeem
ri deem
- v save from sins
- v restore the honor or worth of
- v to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
- v exchange or buy back for money; under threat
- v pay off (loans or promissory notes)
- v convert into cash; of commercial papers
- One Iranian friend said, "It's the speech of his life, a chance to redeem his career.
- Instead, Powell figured that a customer should be able to redeem the stamps where he gets them for an extra loaf of bread at the grocery, or a tank of gas at the filling station.
- By week's end thousands of investors swarmed around its Moscow offices, trying to redeem their pieces of paper.