sellable

comparative more sellable · superlative most sellable

1. not comparableusuallyAble or likely to be sold.

   a sellable commodity

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   Near-synonyms: marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy

   Synonyms: saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy · Antonyms: unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable

   1. not comparableusuallyFor which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer.

      Alcoholic beverages are sellable anywhere, if you're willing to skirt the law.

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      There was nothing in the show that tried to tame it down, somehow make it more sellable.

      1977 February 12, Don Shewey, John Glines, “Theatre Profiles Part II”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 9

      Synonyms: saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy · Antonyms: unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable

   2. not comparableusuallyLegal to sell.

      Alcoholic beverages aren't sellable in this county.

      Synonyms: saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy · Antonyms: unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable

plural sellables

1. Something that can be sold.

   “Whatcha got?” He nodded to the piles of swag and sellables.

   2015, Pat Obermeier, The President Factor, Cold Cat Books, →ISBN, page 220

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   I have been doing my best to overcome jitters after two Whittingehame Court burglaries, one next door and one in the flat above me, both too near for comfort, done in mid-afternoon by the total non-finesse of smashing the door open, stuffing videos and other portable sellables into a large holdall, and making off into the May sunshine apparently unnoticed by anyone.

   1993 May, James McGonigal, quoting Edwin Morgan, Beyond the Last Dragon: A Life of Edwin Morgan, Dingwall: Sandstone Press, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 330–331

   The cobblestone block of Fulton Street is home to more upscale shops and restaurants, but the old wooden pier is where you’ll find food stands, clothing kiosks, and more random sellables like balloon animal crafts.

   2009, Inside New York 2010, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 292, column 1

   They’re traders, girl. If they stop it’s only to make themselves a sale. And do you think they’d throw off some of their sellables to make way for a pregnant whore?

   2016, Stella Gemmell, The Immortal Throne, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 215