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sellable

sellable

3 3.1
Good enough for people to want to buy
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɛləbəl/
translation icon : vendible
  • Janice Starlin Enterprises is going to bring the most fantastically sellable product ever developed by modern cosmetics to the public.
  • make it sellable

Is my soul sellable to one of the big boys?

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Examples

  • Citizens were those with wealth, property, or sellable skills; transportees were those with none of the above.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • With some minor updates, the car became sellable and attracted multiple buyers.

  • I'm trying to figure out, you know, what I can make, What can I work on that would be more sellable, whatever that means.

  • The conflict is when galleries ask you to create small things, sellable things.

  • A cover should convey a sellable mood as well as sellable story points.

    Blog text (21)
  • But as a political matter, there was an upward limit for what was sellable.

    Blog text (7)
  • No matter how far into the future we go, tangible products are still sellable products; if you make them, they will come.

    Blog text (33)
  • Hey, that's a sellable skill.

  • You see, that's what makes them sellable.

  • Taking the far more socially palatable and sellable stance of forgiveness becomes a better story to tell.

Synonyms

marketable
vssellable
25 3.8

Able to be sold because many people want it

is limited to fit for sale rather than implying high demand or appeal
tradable
vssellable
3 3.7

Can be bought or sold

is narrower, focusing on suitability to be sold rather than general exchangeability
salable
vssellable
2 4.0

Can be sold

is the same meaning but is the common general adjective form
merchandisable
vssellable
  • Jargon
1 5.1

People can easily sell it as a product, often to fans and collectors

is about basic suitability to be offered without stressing marketing or promotion
purchasable
vssellable
1 2.8

Available to buy

is about being suitable to be offered for sale rather than buyer availability
vendible
vssellable
  • Specialized
8.9

People can sell it in shops and markets

is the same meaning but differs only as a variant form
vendable
vssellable
6.8

Can be sold in shops

is the same idea but only a variant in wording
merchantable
vssellable
  • Formal
6.9

Good enough in quality to be sold

is broader, focusing on basic suitability to be offered rather than legal standards

Antonyms

1 6.1

Hard to sell because buyers do not want it

How Marketable

sellable
3 3.1
viable
177 5.4
unsalable
6.5

Surface Forms

sellable positive

Morphology

sellable = sell (transparent) = sell + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'sell' with productive suffix '-able', yielding 'able to be sold'.

Etymology

Sellable is made from the verb sell and the ending -able, where -able means 'able to be', just like in readable or washable. So sellable means 'able to be sold', something fit to sell or likely to find a buyer.