as in marketable
fit to be offered for sale
a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber
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Recent Examples of merchantable
Qualifying timber must be merchantable, which is the market maker’s effort to ensure that offsets aren’t produced with trees that wouldn’t otherwise be cut.
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Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 May 2021
The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
If only one percent of those logs escaped and somehow eluded beachcombers, that means 100 million board feet of merchantable timber became driftwood each year.
—Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
Today, the land for sale has what's estimated to be 2 million board feet of merchantable timber.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 May 2021
The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021
If only one percent of those logs escaped and somehow eluded beachcombers, that means 100 million board feet of merchantable timber became driftwood each year.
—Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
Today, the land for sale has what's estimated to be 2 million board feet of merchantable timber.
—Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchantable
Adjective
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Alphabet closed the year with $96 billion in cash and marketable securities.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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However, these countries must tempt risk-takers, requiring marketable deals and solid assurances.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ferrari has also proven itself to be profitable quarter after quarter, year after year.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2025
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If it can be proven through existing models that yes, this type of content can be profitable, and here are examples to prove it, then funders will be less hesitant.—
Esha Chhabra,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Whether the converter intends to create a rental or a condo building, if the overall structure is much wider than 60 or 65 feet, the converter may need to go to extreme measures to give the residential units enough light and air while maintaining a high ratio of salable or rentable space.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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In the past 10 years there’s been a lot of innovation in packaging integration, which is the final manufacturing process that transforms semiconductor devices into salable products.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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These shoes are so highly coveted and valuable that Sotheby’s hosted an auction to sell them.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unbeknownst to them, one friend intends to rob the place, seeking a valuable antique.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But maybe the big winners were simply the most expensive films?—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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The most expensive trim, the Sapphire ($250,000), is not eligible for the discount.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Merchantable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantable. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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