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tradable

tradable

3 3.7
Can be bought or sold
  • adjective
  • /ˈtreɪdəbl/
translation icon : comercializable
  • Creating markets for water and tradable rights to it will not be easy.
  • tradable permits
  • tradable emissions
  • tradable goods

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Examples

  • For example, the 1990 amendments to the U.S. Clean Air Act contain a tradable permit system for controlling air pollution.

    Academic text (1992)
  • One thing that happened, the law created an asset, this tradable allowance, and it gave it away.

  • Therefore, the United States will need to focus on increasing job growth in the tradable sector.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Germany clearly chose to protect employment in the industries of its tradable sector that came under competitive threat.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Debate at the federal level has focused mainly on the potential of tradable permits.

    Academic text (1992)
  • An example is the free allocation of the initial set of tradable pollution permits.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The primary mechanism for the United States to achieve this goal is a tradable-permit system.

    Academic text (1992)
  • A few members of the expedition, primarily the Europeans, brought stocks of food or tradable goods with them.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Most analyses of climate change policies focus on the case for a carbon tax or tradable permit system.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The company released a new line of tradable assets that investors eagerly purchased.

Synonyms

transferable
vstradable
8 3.9

Able to be given to another person, for example a ticket

is narrower toward commercial transfer, emphasizing buying, selling, and swapping
sellable
vstradable
3 3.1

Good enough for people to want to buy

also covers being bought or swapped, not only offered to buyers
salable
vstradable
2 4.0

Can be sold

adds that items can also be exchanged, not only sold
exchangeable
vstradable
1 4.0

Able to be traded or replaced by a similar thing

is broader, including sale and purchase as well as swapping
purchasable
vstradable
1 2.8

Available to buy

also emphasizes the option to be sold or exchanged, not only bought
merchandisable
vstradable
  • Jargon
1 5.1

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

focuses more on sale or exchange possibilities than on marketing
vendible
vstradable
  • Specialized
8.9

People can sell it in shops and markets

includes both sale and exchange rather than focusing only on sale
vendable
vstradable
6.8

Can be sold in shops

covers both buying, selling, and swapping, not only market suitability
merchantable
vstradable
  • Formal
6.9

Good enough in quality to be sold

is broader, applying to sale, purchase, or exchange regardless of quality
transferrable
vstradable
  • UK
4.2

The law allows someone to give something they own to another person

is about trade and sale as well as transfer between parties

How Tradable

marketable
25 3.8
tradable
3 3.7
restricted
18 3.9
untradable
  • Specialized
5.7

Surface Forms

tradable positive

Morphology

tradable = trade (transparent) = trade + able

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-able' attached to the verb 'trade', yielding 'able to be traded', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word tradable comes from the simple word trade, which means 'to buy and sell', and the ending -able means 'can be'. So, tradable means 'can be bought or sold', which is why we use it for goods or items that can be exchanged.