vendable
- adjective
- /ˈvɛndəbl/
:
vendible
- With its unique flavor and attractive packaging, the artisanal chocolate is very vendable at local markets.
Examples
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The new smartphone model is highly vendable due to its sleek design and innovative features.
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The artist's paintings are vendable in galleries across the city, attracting many collectors.
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By rerouting a form of media that had once depended upon the public circulation of her body—the marketing in print of a well-known courtesan—she transformed herself from an object, a vendable figure of social exchange, into an agent of her own commodification.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
25
3.8
Able to be sold because many people want it
3
3.7
Can be bought or sold
3
3.1
Good enough for people to want to buy
2
4.0
Can be sold
1
2.8
Available to buy
People can sell it in shops and markets
Good enough in quality to be sold
Antonyms
How Marketable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vendable comes from the old Latin verb vendere, meaning 'to sell', plus the ending -able, meaning 'can be'. So, just like a vendor or a vending machine sells things, something vendable is 'able to be sold' or fit for sale.