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SALEABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saleable mean?
• SALEABLE (adjective)
The adjective SALEABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being sold; fit for sale
Familiarity information: SALEABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being sold; fit for sale
Synonyms:
salable; saleable
Context example:
saleable at a low price
Similar:
marketable (being in demand by especially employers)
marketable; merchantable; sellable; vendable; vendible (fit to be offered for sale)
Context examples
I have often heard him declare, that if baronetcies were saleable, anybody should have his for fifty pounds, arms and motto, name and livery included; but I will not pretend to repeat half that I used to hear him say on that subject.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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