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salable

British  
/ ˈseɪləbəl /

adjective

  1. the US spelling of saleable

"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

Explanation

Anything that's salable can realistically be sold. To make your old bike salable, you should probably replace the broken chain and paint over the rusty spots. If you want to make a little extra money at the craft fair, you'll have to come up with some salable crafts. And if your club's bake sale is going to be a success, you'll all have to contribute enough salable cupcakes and cookies. The difference between something that's salable and something that isn't is that people would realistically want to buy the salable item.

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Mr. Mandelson was copied on the message, and forwarded it to Epstein, who asked: “What salable assets?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The talk, naturally, is prelude to what makes action films so salable around the world: the first of many fight scenes that punctuate the three episodes out for review.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2023

At the opposite extreme, the Music Hall Theater took months to bring down as the wrecking company salvaged whatever fragments might be reusable and salable.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023

One editor wrote to Mr. Lord: “Kerouac does have enormous talent of a very special kind. But this is not a well-made novel, nor a salable one nor even, I think, a good one.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2022

Vincent predicts to Theo that in a year he’ll be making drawings and watercolors that are salable, and not just to a friend or relative.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman