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marketable

adjective · Level 2 · Intermediate

What does marketable mean?

marketable (adjective): saleable (of goods) or employable (of people).

Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

How do you use marketable in a sentence?

Where does marketable come from?

From market + -able.

Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Words related to marketable

From Princeton WordNet 3.1.

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What does “marketable” mean?

known to one, or generally known; commonplace

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unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

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saleable (of goods) or employable (of people)

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existing only for a short time or short times

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