marketable

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adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
Synonyms of marketablenext
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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
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: of or relating to buying or selling
marketability
ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce marketable (audio)
noun

marketability

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noun

mar·​ket·​abil·​i·​ty ˌmärkə̇təˈbilət|ē How to pronounce marketability (audio)
ˌmȧk-, 
-kə̇təˈbilət|, 
|i
: the quality or state of being marketable
specifically : the degree to which assets can be disposed of for cash without causing a major decline in price

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Examples of marketable in a Sentence

Adjective an employee with highly marketable skills realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs
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Adjective
Guillermo Ochoa has had these historic World Cup moments in the past, a very marketable, fancy kind of looking guy. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 June 2026 Your communication skills are also becoming more marketable. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 California students should graduate with marketable skills that lead directly to good-paying jobs — not simply debt and a degree with limited economic value. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 21 May 2026 As part of that effort, xAI has worked to recruit bankers and private credit lenders to make Grok better at finance strategy and more marketable for Wall Street firms. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for marketable

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of marketable was in 1600

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marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
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 How to pronounce marketable (audio)
noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective
mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce marketable (audio)
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 How to pronounce marketable (audio)
noun

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