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VENDIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vendible mean? 

VENDIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective VENDIBLE has 1 sense:

1. fit to be offered for saleplay

  Familiarity information: VENDIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENDIBLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fit to be offered for sale

Synonyms:

marketable; merchantable; sellable; vendable; vendible

Context example:

marketable produce

Similar:

salable; saleable (capable of being sold; fit for sale)

Derivation:

vend (sell or offer for sale from place to place)


 Context examples 


You were a part of the trade of your home, and were bought and sold like any other vendible thing your people dealt in.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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