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
- marketability noun
- marketableness noun
- marketably adverb
- nonmarketability noun
- nonmarketable adjective
- unmarketable adjective
Etymology
Origin of marketable
Example Sentences
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It is sitting on $126 billion of cash and marketable securities, borrows less than half that and is rated AA+.
“Phil and Mike produced music that had more affinity with the Genesis hits. Tony wrote many of those songs, of course, but his solo product is not very marketable.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Crash” eschewed Charli’s typical boundary-pushing electronic sound to aim for something notably more commercial, and, ever the rebel, Charli attempted to homogenize this marketable music with visual ideas that were more to her own taste.
From Salon
So the world’s most marketable athlete must be a soccer player, right?
From Los Angeles Times
The Orinoco Oil Belt contains dense, viscous crude that requires blending with lighter hydrocarbons or upgrading to be marketable and transportable.
From Barron's
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