merchantable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of merchantable
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A Chicago newsman, he became poet laureate of the P. F. Volland greeting card company, where he composed hundreds of merchantable verses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its quality, owing to frost damage, is not quite so good, and the merchantable quantity is estimated at 79.4% compared with 85% in 1922.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the $15 billion merchantable goods, about one-half will be sold where it stands, across the oceans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nevertheless, the result of all this figuring and jiggering is a picture that is both merchantable and unexpectedly moving.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every effort is being made to advise timber landowners as to proper cutting practices and disposal of merchantable timber.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
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