MERCHANTABLE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

merchantable

adjective

ˈmər-chən-tə-bəl

Definition of merchantable

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. — 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

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Adjective

The vicious cycle of the current model, of course, is that to become marketable a team needs to get and retain good players, and to do that a school has to spend money, which cycles the whole thing back to the start.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
But a formal deal never materialized, especially as David chafed at possible rewrites that might make the dark comedy more marketable.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of marketable

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Maeda said that Rakuten Medical’s Japan branch is profitable, though the global entity operates at a loss due to high research spending.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Lionel Mestre, partner at French private equity firm Weinberg Capital Partners, told CNBC his firm still focuses on profitable defense businesses with established products, customers and positive cash flow, rather than early-stage startups.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of profitable

Adjective

The approach is particularly valuable because not every mechanical problem can be easily identified through a visual inspection.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
Investors are already measuring the 5-year-old company's potential market cap in the trillions, putting it in a category with the world's most valuable companies.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of valuable

Adjective

Caring for a Christmas tree farm means growing trees, maintaining a saleable crop, and selling Christmas trees to the public.

— Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Her daughter, Rose Lane—a 43-year-old journalist with writer’s block who’d already mined and sold everything salable in her own life—pushed for drama and sensationalism.

— Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Definition of salable

Adjective

They were showered with expensive clothes, spa treatments, and drugs, and given weekly allowances ranging from $150 to $200.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Why concert tickets keep getting more expensive Artists, promoters, venues, and ticketing platforms all take a cut of each ticket.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of expensive

Adjective

That lowers the barrier to entry and makes the practice sellable to buyers who were never going to invest in a dedicated plunge tub.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
In our experience, that constraint is what makes autonomy sellable to a CFO at all.

— Puneet Gaur, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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