Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Able or likely to be sold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Synonyms: saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy
Antonyms: unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable
adj
Able or likely to be sold.
For which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Synonyms: saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy
Antonyms: unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable
adj
Able or likely to be sold.
Legal to sell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Synonyms: saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy
Antonyms: unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable
noun
Something that can be sold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
fit to be offered for sale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: marketable, merchantable, vendable, vendible
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English sell Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sellable From sell + -able.
