vendible

American  

[ven-duh-buhl] / ˈvɛn də bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being vended; saleable.

   vendible commodities.

2. Obsolete. mercenary; venal.

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noun

1. Usually vendibles. vendible articles.

vendible British  

/ ˈvɛndəbəl /

adjective

1. saleable or marketable

2. obsolete venal

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noun

1. rare (usually plural) a saleable object

Other Word Forms

• nonvendibility noun
• nonvendible adjective
• nonvendibleness noun
• nonvendibly adverb
• unvendible adjective
• vendibility noun
• vendibleness noun
• vendibly adverb

Etymology

Origin of vendible

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin vendibilis; see vend, -ible

Example Sentences

Another man might have utilized some of the material; he lacked the skill to set it in vendible form.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

Cloth of a high wool is not in request, but such as is low shorn is most vendible.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

I am glad you think the thing is tolerably vamped and will be vendible.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

The scaffolding of much highly-prized sentiment would collapse, and the world of poetry and pageantry—particularly that of the tawdrier and more vendible poetry and pageantry—would be poorer by so much.

From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein

Puns were barely vendible, and even comic pictures could only be sold at a great sacrifice of decency.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

Related Words

• asset
• goods
• material
• produce
• product
• property
• stock