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Definition of "nonmarketable" [nonmarketable]

  • Of or relating to a security that may not be sold by one investor to another but is generally redeemable by the issuer within limitations; nonnegotiable. (adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to market: a nonmarketable product. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nonmarketable" in a sentence
  • "This is going to happen anyway because there is nothing in the Social Security trust fund except a bunch of nonmarketable Treasury IOUs -- the money has been spent."
  • "Properly appraised gifts of nonmarketable securities to public charities such as, say, the American National Red Cross present no deduction problem."
  • "The contributions were of a nonmarketable security, in this case rights to a portion of ongoing fees earned by a hedge fund to which Cooperman had provided startup money but didn't run."
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