redeem

re|deem [ rı`dim ] verb transitive

▸ 1 improve something

▸ 2 receive value of shares

▸ 3 use voucher

▸ 4 pay back money

▸ 5 save someone from evil

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) to improve something that is not very good by including something that is good:

A difficult year for the company was redeemed by one very successful deal.

redeeming feature: Smith's only redeeming feature is that he knows his job.

a ) redeem yourself to do something good because you have behaved badly, so that people will think you are a good person again:

He was anxious to redeem himself after the fight that morning.

2. ) to get money by selling STOCK that you own in a company

3. ) to use a COUPON (=a piece of paper worth a particular amount) to pay for something

4. ) to get an object back by paying someone the money that they paid you for it, especially when the money was a type of LOAN:

She couldn't afford to redeem her wedding ring from the pawnbroker.

a ) to pay back all the money you have borrowed:

They will redeem their debts over a period of years.

5. ) to make someone free from the power of evil, especially in the Christian religion

redeem a promise/an obligation FORMAL

to do something that you promised to do