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
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The company reported cash and cash equivalents of $121.3 million as of October 31, 2024, with marketable securities totaling $609.1 million. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024 While Ding technically succeeded Carlsen, the Norwegian remains the consensus best player in the world and the sport’s most marketable figure. Leon Watson, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024 The most marketable athlete on the campus of Texas Tech has more than 427,000 followers on TikTok and 447,000 on Instagram. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024 Net loss attributable to common stockholders was approximately $6.6 million, compared to net income of $20.9 million in the previous year, largely due to a loss on Conduit Pharmaceuticals marketable securities. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for marketable 

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of marketable was in 1600

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“Marketable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketable. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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