as in marketable
fit to be offered for sale
a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber
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Recent Examples of merchantable
Qualifying timber must be merchantable, which is the market maker’s effort to ensure that offsets aren’t produced with trees that wouldn’t otherwise be cut.
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Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 May 2021
The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
If only one percent of those logs escaped and somehow eluded beachcombers, that means 100 million board feet of merchantable timber became driftwood each year.
—Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
Today, the land for sale has what's estimated to be 2 million board feet of merchantable timber.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 May 2021
The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
If only one percent of those logs escaped and somehow eluded beachcombers, that means 100 million board feet of merchantable timber became driftwood each year.
—Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
Today, the land for sale has what's estimated to be 2 million board feet of merchantable timber.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchantable
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Skill Stack & Artificial Intelligence A skill stack refers to a personalized combination of marketable skills, credentials, and experiences that can evolve in response to emerging trends and market demands.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The company had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $4.78 billion as of Feb. 1.—
Aditya Soni,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Musk's SpaceX has spent years positioning itself at the center of American civil and military spaceflight – a profitable relationship that has made the company's CEO incredibly wealthy.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Boeing, with its essential role in American aerospace dominance and global commercial aviation, represents the perfect storm of characteristics that make TACO trades profitable.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Microsoft’s growth in that sector — turning a research project into a salable product — has fueled much of the company’s success since Nadella became CEO, CNBC reported in February 2024.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, returning director Gavin O'Connor and Affleck seem eager to take the more salable points of the character — his neuroatypical skills — and ditch the moody, dramatic parts.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Dairy farming is the second-most valuable component of Connecticut’s agricultural sector, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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While automation and machine learning are reshaping industries, the most valuable skills in today’s job market are innately human.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Funding Litigation Through Philanthropy Legal advocacy is expensive.—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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In a video shared to TikTok on May 19, content creator Mister Lewis visits the restaurant and asks what the most expensive cocktail is.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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“Merchantable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantable. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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