salable
adjective
sal·able
ˈsā-lə-bəl 
variants
or saleable
: capable of being or fit to be sold : marketable
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 on the Web
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
One of its most salable assets, the energetic left back Ian Maatsen, is actually on loan from Chelsea.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
First, there’s the pretty, quiet Paloma (Jennifer Trejo), a nascent math and science prodigy, who helps her ailing father (Gilberto Barraza) mine salable scrap metal from the smelly garbage dump near their makeshift home.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
This is the story, initially set in the nineteenth century, of seven chocolate makers -- three English, one Dutch, two Swiss, and one American -- struggling to produce salable products.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
One of its most salable assets, the energetic left back Ian Maatsen, is actually on loan from Chelsea.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
First, there’s the pretty, quiet Paloma (Jennifer Trejo), a nascent math and science prodigy, who helps her ailing father (Gilberto Barraza) mine salable scrap metal from the smelly garbage dump near their makeshift home.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
This is the story, initially set in the nineteenth century, of seven chocolate makers -- three English, one Dutch, two Swiss, and one American -- struggling to produce salable products.
—Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
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salable
adjective
sal·able
variants
or saleable
: capable of being or good enough to be sold
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