marketable

mar·ket·able

adj \ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl\

Definition of MARKETABLE

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

— mar·ket·abil·i·ty \ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

Examples of MARKETABLE

1. an employee with highly marketable skills
2. <realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs>

First Known Use of MARKETABLE

1600

Related to MARKETABLE

Synonyms: merchantable, salable (or saleable), sellable

Antonyms: nonsalable, unmarketable, unsalable, unsellable

Related Words: commercial, profitable; costly, fancy, fine, high-grade, precious, premium, prime, valuable; dear, expensive, extravagant

Near Antonyms: damaged, shopworn; cheap, useless, worthless; bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactory

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