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
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Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—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
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
And the company’s privacy policies make clear that in the event of a merger or an acquisition, customer information is a salable asset.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Finally, despite Trump’s harsh critiques of the Obama administration’s campaign against ISIS, this approach is probably the most politically salable.
—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
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“Salable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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salable
adjective
sal·able
variants
or saleable
: capable of being or good enough to be sold
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