Definition of SALABLE

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

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Cook and Solomonov had hatched the idea of turning FedNuts’ trimmings into something salable, whose profits would be donated to charity. — Michael Klein, https://www.inquirer.com, "The Rooster, CookNSolo’s charitable endeavor, is closing," 4 June 2019 There are also fanny packs, ball caps, turtlenecks, tiger tees, and all manner of salable items, which will, for the first time, be ready to buy the day after the show. — Monica Kim, Vogue, "Tomatoes and Tigers, Oh My! The First Look at Kenzo La Collection Memento No. 4," 27 Feb. 2019 Is this shtick, familiar from 2016, salable two years later? — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, "Trumpism’s Big Florida Test," 2 Nov. 2018 The World Butcher Challenge has teams of six carving a side of beef, a side of pork, a whole lamb and five chickens into salable pieces within three hours and 15 minutes. — Benjy Egel, sacbee, "Sacramento beats out Paris and Sao Paulo to host 2020 World Butchers’ Challenge," 11 July 2018 Six months after marijuana was legalized, new safety and regulation laws take effect Sunday, and some Sacramento dispensaries are rushing to clear inventory that will no longer be salable come Sunday, July 1. — Julia Sclafani, sacbee, "Marijuana on clearance as dispensaries sell off inventory before new rules take effect," 28 June 2018 Betzig is toying with the idea of harnessing his microscope to create salable art in his retirement. — Jeffery Delviscio, STAT, "A new microscope spies the raucous beauty within living cells," 19 Apr. 2018 There are the stories of the strictly financial, like when a piece that was once a symbol of everlasting love morphs into a strictly salable commodity that helps to pay the mortgage, a child’s college tuition or a charitable donation. — Jane Gordon Julien, New York Times, "The Marriage Is Over, but the Jewelry Is Mine," 18 Jan. 2018 In guidebooks, charm tends to be a commercial marker, a signifier for an imaginary, easily salable and consumable notion of authenticity. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Spettacolo,’ a Tuscan Town Where All the World’s a Stage," 5 Sep. 2017

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