salable

adjective sal·able \ ˈsā-lə-bəl \

variants: or saleable

Definition of salable

:capable of being or fit to be sold :marketable

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salability

play \ˌsā-lə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

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Examples of salable in a Sentence

We'll have to repaint the house for it to be salable.
an item that would be too expensive to produce, and attractive to too few people, to ever be considered a salable commodity

Recent Examples of salable from the Web

There was no market to speak of, so little incentive to make salable objects.

— karen rosenberg, New York Times, "From Hungary, the Secret Language of a Silenced People," 22 June 2017
World Supersport regulations require the bikes to be homologated, or salable to the public and legal for street driving.

— joe michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, "2017 Honda CBR 600RR: A proven sub-1,000cc class winner," 11 May 2017
For the rest of the assets, many of them are ultimately salable.

— steven davidoff solomon and michael j. de la merced, New York Times, "Deal Professor," 6 Dec. 2016
Yet nobody has ever come up with a compelling application – or a salable product.

— wired staff, WIRED, "Hype-List," 1 Aug. 1997

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