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Synonyms

merchantable

American  
[mur-chuhn-tuh-buhl] / ˈmɜr tʃən tə bəl /

adjective

Chiefly Law.
  1. marketable.

    merchantable war-surplus goods.


merchantable British  
/ ˈmɜːtʃəntəbəl /

adjective

  1. suitable for trading

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of merchantable

1475–85; earlier marchandabull. See merchant, -able

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Nevertheless, the result of all this figuring and jiggering is a picture that is both merchantable and unexpectedly moving.

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He found 5,000,000 feet of burned but merchantable timber lying on 400 acres around it.

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Of the $15 billion merchantable goods, about one-half will be sold where it stands, across the oceans.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The probability, or often the practical certainty, of fire after the first cut, commonly determines lumbermen to leave no merchantable tree standing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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