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marketable

/ˈmɑɹkətəbəl/

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What does marketable mean?

adjective

  1. Capable of being marketed.
  2. Saleable (of goods) or employable (of people).
  3. Able to be converted into cash quickly, but at a price that is determined by the market in that commodity

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɑɹkətəbəl/

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He, like many another man, quickly discovered that muscles in Australia are more marketable than brains.
Harry HoudiniMiracle Mongers and Their Methods A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.Project Gutenberg ebook #435
Wealth and power are to him who has a marketable commodity, and one cannot complain when true genius becomes rich.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
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Mr. Bambridge made this remark with an air of disgust, satisfied that his own bragging showed a fine sense of the marketable.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
Mr. French found no difficulty in securing a purchaser for the quadroon woman, for such are usually the most marketable kind of property.
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
He must form his own opinions as to what will be most marketable, and therefore profitable, if he succeeds in getting a good article for sale.
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152