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MARKETABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does marketable mean?
• MARKETABLE (adjective)
The adjective MARKETABLE has 3 senses:
1. being in demand by especially employers
2. fit to be offered for sale
3. capable of being marketed
Familiarity information: MARKETABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being in demand by especially employers
Context example:
marketable skills
Similar:
salable; saleable (capable of being sold; fit for sale)
Derivation:
market (make commercial)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fit to be offered for sale
Synonyms:
marketable; merchantable; sellable; vendable; vendible
Context example:
marketable produce
Similar:
salable; saleable (capable of being sold; fit for sale)
Derivation:
market (make commercial)
market (engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capable of being marketed
Context example:
the marketable surplus
Similar:
exportable (suitable for export)
Derivation:
market (make commercial)
market (engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of)
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