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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Canadian production of marketable natural gas climbed 6.3% on-year, notching a third consecutive record high as domestic consumption and exports grew.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
If companies can find a way to produce these fuels at marketable prices similar to fossil fuels, it's obvious what kind of impact they could have.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The company ended the year with $1.4 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable debt following a series of equity raises.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
She fulfilled one label contract, renegotiated another and proved herself marketable enough to the general public to make her follow-up album, 2024’s “Brat,” without interference.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
“Except that I have no marketable skills other than swinging around a sword and making up riddles, neither of which probably pay all that well.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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