marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl 

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

ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Synonyms

• merchantable
• salable
• saleable
• sellable

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

There is Chekhov, yes, but in American film the gun going off is ordained by the greater cults of marketable violence. —Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025

The full-back can evolve in his new home and, the way things are heading, even reinvent himself, becoming marketable in different ways. —Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025

Recording artists remain some of the most marketable figures in entertainment for brand partnerships given their legions of fans. —Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025

Saquon Barkley’s historic 2024 campaign cemented him as one of the NFL’s most marketable players—and his popularity was evident in stores nationwide as fans opened their wallets to show support for the league’s reigning rushing leader. —Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 11 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for marketable

• unmarketable

Kids Definition

marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl 

1

: fit to be offered for sale

food that has gone bad is not marketable

2

: wanted by purchasers or employers

marketable skills

marketability

ˌmär-kət-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl 

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

ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun