marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl 

1

a

: fit to be offered for sale in a market

food that is not marketable

b

: wanted by purchasers or employers : salable

marketable securities

marketable skills

2

: of or relating to buying or selling

marketability

ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Synonyms of marketable

• profitable
• salable
• valuable
• expensive
• sellable

Examples of marketable in a Sentence

an employee with highly marketable skills

realized that the birdhouses he enjoyed making were marketable and began selling them at craft fairs

Recent Examples on the Web

Tatis, San Diego’s most marketable star, was still seeking his first home run of 2026. —Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026

As of December, Gossamer has $137 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, enough to fund the company into the first quarter of 2027. —Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026

So aluminum newly produced from ore, as that from the Persian Gulf, is a smaller fraction of the total marketable aluminum available than for steel. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026

With no pressing need for FX, sets, name actors or stunts, just about anyone could make a marketable knockoff. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for marketable

• unmarketable

Kids Definition

marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kət-ə-bəl 

1

: fit to be offered for sale

food that has gone bad is not marketable

2

: wanted by purchasers or employers

marketable skills

marketability

ˌmär-kət-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

Legal Definition

marketable

adjective

mar·​ket·​able ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl 

1

: fit to be offered for sale : being such as may be justly or lawfully sold or bought

marketable goods

2

: wanted by buyers

marketable securities

marketability

ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun