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

The company maintains a strong liquidity position with cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaling $186.7 million as of February 28, 2025. —Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025

Many women have launched successful businesses after 50, turning life experience into marketable expertise. —Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

Today's high-performance EVs are few and far between, with most automakers concentrating on delivering the most marketable model. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

Alphabet closed the year with $96 billion in cash and marketable securities. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 18 Mar. 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