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misredeem

misredeem verb: to redeem inappropriately; to convert to cash under invalid circumstances.

Verb

misredeem (third-person singular simple present misredeems, present participle misredeeming, simple past and past participle misredeemed)

  1. To redeem inappropriately; to convert to cash under invalid circumstances.
    • With today's sophisticated copying machines, one of the easiest ways to misredeem coupons is simply through duplication and gang cutting.1982, Don E. Schultz, William A. Robinson, Sales Promotion Management, page 32
    • Trying to stimulate the sales of a less popular size or variety of a brand, for example, by issuing a coupon redeemable 'only' against that size or variety, will very often fail simply because too many consumers will misredeem the coupon against the most popular size/variety.1994, Christian Petersen, Alan Toop, Sales Promotion in Postmodern Marketing, page 60

Forms of misredeem

third-person singular presentmisredeems
present participlemisredeeming
past participlemisredeemed
pastmisredeemed

Origin of misredeem

From mis- + redeem.

Questions about misredeem

What does misredeem mean?
Misredeem means to redeem inappropriately; to convert to cash under invalid circumstances.
What part of speech is misredeem?
Misredeem is a verb.
What is the past tense of misredeem?
The past tense of misredeem is misredeemed.

Words near misredeem in the dictionary

  1. misrectified
  2. misrectifies
  3. misrectify
  4. misrectifying
  5. misrede
  6. misredeem
  7. misredeemed
  8. misredeeming
  9. misredeems
  10. misree
  11. misrefer

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