marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
a
: fit to be offered for sale in a market
food that is not marketable
b
: wanted by purchasers or employers : salable
marketable securities
marketable skills
2
: of or relating to buying or selling
marketability noun

Examples of marketable in a Sentence

an employee with highly marketable skills realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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Cite this Entry

“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketable. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
: fit to be offered for sale
food that has gone bad is not marketable
2
: wanted by purchasers or employers
marketable skills
marketability noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
: fit to be offered for sale : being such as may be justly or lawfully sold or bought
marketable goods
2
: wanted by buyers
marketable securities
marketability noun

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