marketable
Americanadjective
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readily saleable.
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of or relating to selling or buying.
marketable values; marketable areas.
adjective
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being in good demand; saleable
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suitable for sale
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of or relating to buying or selling on a market
marketable value
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of marketable
Explanation
Marketable things are in a position to be sold, or are in demand in some way. A marketable employee is one that potential bosses want to hire. If you graduate from college with a degree in engineering or a nursing license, you will probably be marketable — employers will want to hire you. You might worry that you'll be less marketable if you major in philosophy or French literature, but in certain fields you will still be quite marketable. You can also describe anything that people will want to buy as marketable: "Your spinach-flavored ice cream idea just doesn't seem very marketable to me."
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Even the smallest side characters were gifted their own spin-offs in the streaming service-boosted age of marketable intellectual property.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
As of June 30, SpaceX had $93.5 billion in cash and cash equivalents, as well as $6.48 billion of short-term marketable securities and borrowings under credit facilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
His arrival immediately raises the club's global profile, boosts commercial opportunities and provides one of the most marketable footballers of the modern era.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The company said its marketable equity securities include $80 billion in short-term restricted shares and $14.1 billion restricted through 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
He hadn’t seen what he’d been doing for years—building computers, writing code, playing games, installing complicated software and operating systems—as something marketable or valuable, something that offered status or options in the larger society.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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