marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
a
: fit to be offered for sale in a market
food that is not marketable
b
: wanted by purchasers or employers : salable
marketable securities
marketable skills
2
: of or relating to buying or selling
marketability noun

Examples of marketable in a Sentence

an employee with highly marketable skills realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
Recent Examples on the Web As of March 31, Virgin Galactic had $867 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities on hand. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024 The explosion in popularity of women’s basketball has been one of the most important stories in sports over the past year, and as superstar rookie Caitlin Clark helps to bring more new fans into the WNBA, the league has become as marketable as ever. Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2024 The fan vote is historically a popularity contest, and some players are just more marketable than Randle, a Skechers athlete whose game has little flash but packs tons of brute-force impact, powering the Knicks into the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2024 Snoop Dogg The rap legend is one of the most bankable and marketable figures around. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for marketable 

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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketable. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
: fit to be offered for sale
food that has gone bad is not marketable
2
: wanted by purchasers or employers
marketable skills
marketability noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
1
: fit to be offered for sale : being such as may be justly or lawfully sold or bought
marketable goods
2
: wanted by buyers
marketable securities
marketability noun

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