salable

adjective

ˈsā-lə-bəl How to pronounce salable (audio)
variants or saleable
Definition of salablenext
1
as in corporate
fit or likely to be sold especially on a large scale an item that would be too expensive to produce, and attractive to too few people, to ever be considered a salable commodity

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2
as in marketable
fit to be offered for sale the car has to be put in better condition before it will be at all salable

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Recent Examples of salable But, with the advent of platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, the online self became highly saleable. — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Bulls that aren’t saleable become steer for the ranch’s beef market, a direct-to-consumer enterprise through which local families can purchase beef by the pound or buy beef shares — freezer beef sold in quarters, halves or wholes. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 With most of the master’s level degrees, any pretense of value beyond rendering the prospective students more salable in the workforce is often dispensed with entirely. — James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2026 Because fellow directors usually aim to make movies better, not just more salable. — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salable
  1. corporate
  2. marketable
  3. commercial
  4. profitable
  5. valuable
  6. sellable
  7. expensive
Adjective
  • Major corporate investments are fueling this boom, including the announcement that automotive supplier Highline Warren selected McDonough for a new hub.
    — La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • At the core of the PDS strategy is a deliberate departure from traditional corporate hierarchy.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of corporate
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  • The real opportunity may lie in slow diffusion and integration, a less marketable but potentially sound thesis.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Maryland should stop selling marketable securities shortly after receiving them.
    — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of marketable
Adjective
  • The Houthis are one of several Iranian proxies that have threatened to widen the conflict with the rebel group striking commercial shipping and recently ramping up attacks targeting Saudi Arabia.
    — Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Today, its commercial shipbuilding industry has more than 230 times the production capacity of the United States.
    — Ariyan Kabir, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of commercial
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  • The summer of 2026 may go down as one of the most profitable for the city of Boston and the surrounding areas.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The rise in CoreWeave stock – abetted by short-sellers with 18% of the stock’s float, per the Wall Street Journal, covering their positions – suggests that investors concluded backlog could become profitable revenue.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of profitable
Adjective
  • As luxury becomes both more ubiquitous and more expensive, being desirable without being everywhere could prove a valuable position to hold.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • To further complicate things, baseball is heading toward a labor fight in which owners are aiming to swap short-term financial pain for cost caps that would make every team more valuable.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of valuable
Adjective
  • Profitable and sellable are two different things, and only one of them determines whether a business buyer will actually write you a check.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • What began as a daytime quiz became a durable, repeatable, internationally sellable format precisely because the two halves of the business were aligned on risk, testing and long-term exploitation.
    — Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026
Definition of sellable
Adjective
  • Above and below him on our list sit the two most expensive shot-stoppers of all time, whose big-money moves were followed by contrasting fortunes.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • As luxury becomes both more ubiquitous and more expensive, being desirable without being everywhere could prove a valuable position to hold.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of expensive

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