marketable

[ mahr-ki-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. readily saleable.
2. of or relating to selling or buying:

   marketable values; marketable areas.

ˈmarketable

/ ˈmɑːkɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. of commodities, assets, etc
   1. being in good demand; saleable
   2. suitable for sale
2. of or relating to buying or selling on a market

   marketable value

Derived Forms

• ˈmarketably, adverb
• ˌmarketaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• market·a·bili·ty market·a·ble·ness noun
• market·a·bly adverb
• nonmar·ket·a·bili·ty noun
• non·market·a·ble adjective noun
• un·market·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of marketable¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; market + -able

Example Sentences

“So far, there has been little industrywide impact of the disease on share of cattle affected in California, so little impact on marketable dairy production,” said Daniel Sumner, an agricultural economist at UC Davis.

From Los Angeles Times

Monroe was the first person to model on the cover and the centrefold of Playboy magazine - making her one of the first truly marketable stars.

From BBC

Lively – the Gossip Girl soap icon turned screen star – is perhaps one of the most marketable actors of the past decade.

From BBC

The other is that mitigating menopause is highly marketable.

From Salon

“In fact, it wasn’t so much that as a conscious effort to come up with a good, marketable character.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• bankable
• profitable