marketable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English market Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English marketable From market + -able.
Meanings
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Capable of being marketed.
If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired.
1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428:The quality and scarcity ensured that the product was eminently marketable.
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Saleable (of goods) or employable (of people).
The massive unemployment rate among young people today can surely be explained at least in part by the manner in which public schools prevented them from obtaining many marketable talents and attributes.
2010, Gennady Stolyarov II, The Anti-Educational Effects of Public Schools:
- Able to be converted into cash quickly, but at a price that is determined by the market in that commodity
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more marketable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most marketable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
marketableness · marketably · marketability · nonmarketable · unmarketable
Translations (8)
pt comerciável (Translations) · es comerciable (Translations) · es marquetinero (Translations) · it commerciabile (Translations) · ro comerciabil (Translations) · ro vandabil (Translations) · pt comercializável (Translations) · pt vendável (Translations)