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
Adjective
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Football is a business, of course, and Mbappé is among the game’s most marketable faces.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
12 May 2026
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This right is governed by state law and forbids misappropriation of the unique and marketable qualities of a person.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Some companies do well over time; some unprofitable companies become profitable.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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But the ordinance also garnered strong opposition from the convenience industry that would lose the ability to sell a profitable and popular item.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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But there were still valuable belongings at their home, and his family was concerned burglars might try to ignore the hazardous chemicals in the air and take advantage of the situation.—
Eric Licas,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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Not because the work is less valuable, but because the learning that used to come with it now has to be created intentionally.—
Daniel Gumucio,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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But, with the advent of platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, the online self became highly saleable.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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One difference heading into this summer is that there are fewer clear saleable assets.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The government offers elderly citizens a small monthly allowance but some need and choose to earn more to cover living costs in one of the world’s most expensive cities.—
Catherine Phillips,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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Comfort does not have to be expensive to matter.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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Compile your existing content into sellable resources.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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These are safety improvements, but developers have a great incentive to improve the science of stairwells as these spaces have no sellable square footage.—
Michelle Sinclair Colman,
Curbed,
7 May 2026
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“Merchantable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantable. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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