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Definition of "saleable" [sale•a•ble]

  • Variant of salable. (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 "saleable" in a sentence
  • "This applied equally to the "Special Order Department," and I am afraid, if the subject were probed to the bottom, it would be found that every article sold in Ruhleben -- fully ninety per cent. of which probably would be construed as articles saleable from the canteen if shops were unavailable -- contributes its toll of seven-and-a-half per cent. to the German authorities."
  • "Reed was in possession of several individual bags of marijuana, which police called a saleable quantity."
  • "Means that you're probably not 'saleable' enough to enough markets."