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As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective irredeemable is

not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped.

taxonomy

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
  • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    irredeemable

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped.
  • * 1908 , :
  • It wavered an instant—then there was a heartrending crash—and the canary-coloured cart, their pride and their joy, lay on its side in the ditch, an irredeemable wreck.
  • * 1909 , , True Tilda , ch. 2:
  • She was horribly frightened; but she had pledged her word now, and it was irredeemable .
  • Not able to be cancelled by a payment or converted to another form of currency or financial instrument, especially one considered more secure or reliable.
  • * 1776 , , The Wealth of Nations , ch. 3:
  • The subscribers to a new loan, who mean generally to sell their subscription as soon as possible, prefer greatly a perpetual annuity, redeemable by parliament, to an irredeemable annuity, for a long term of years, of only equal amount.
  • * 2005 Oct. 31, James Grant, " O Sage! O Confidence Man!," Forbes (retrieved 17 Aug 2010):
  • Investors have always had to trust somebody or something. . . . But they have not always had to make a leap of faith about a nation's irredeemable paper currency. Up until Aug. 15, 1971 the dollar was exchangeable into gold at the rate of $35 to the ounce.

    Synonyms

    * unredeemable

    References

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