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mar·ket·a·ble

(mär′kĭ-tə-bəl)

adj.

1. Fit to be offered for sale, as in a market: marketable produce.

2. In demand by buyers or employers; salable: marketable goods; marketable skills.

mar′ket·a·bil′i·ty n.

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marketable

(ˈmɑːkɪtəbəl)

adj

1. (Commerce) (of commodities, assets, etc)

a. being in good demand; saleable

b. suitable for sale

2. (Commerce) of or relating to buying or selling on a market: marketable value.

ˌmarketaˈbility, ˈmarketableness n

ˈmarketably adv

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mar•ket•a•ble

(ˈmɑr kɪ tə bəl)

adj.

readily salable.

[1590–1600]

mar`ket•a•bil′i•ty, n.

mar′ket•a•bly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	marketable - being in demand by especially employers; "marketable skills" salable, saleable - capable of being sold; fit for sale; "saleable at a low price"
	2.	marketable - fit to be offered for sale; "marketable produce" merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible salable, saleable - capable of being sold; fit for sale; "saleable at a low price"
	3.	marketable - capable of being marketed; "the marketable surplus" exportable - suitable for export; "exportable cultural achievements"

marketable

adjective sought after, wanted, in demand, saleable, merchantable, vendible These are marketable skills.

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Translations

رائِج، مَطْلوب، مُمْكِن تَسْويقُه

prodejný

salgbar

verkäuflich

commercialisable vendable

eladható

seljanlegur

commerciabile

lettselgelig salgbar

predajný

satılabilir

可销售的

marketable

[ˈmɑːkɪtəbl] ADJ

1. (= saleable) [commodity, product] → vendible, comercializable
of marketable quality → de valor comercial

2. (fig) [skill] → con mucha salida
the more specialized your skill, the more marketable you are → cuanto más especializado estés, mayores posibilidades tendrás en el mercado laboral
he is one of our most marketable young actors → es uno de nuestros actores jóvenes con más posibilidades en el mercado cinematográfico

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marketable

[ˈmɑː^rkɪtəb^əl] adj → commercialisablemarket analysis n → analyse f de marchémarket day n → jour m de marchémarket demand n → demande f du marchémarket-driven [ˌmɑː^rkɪtˈdrɪv^ən] adj → dicté(e) par le marchémarket economy n → économie f de marchémarket forces npl → forces fpl du marchémarket garden n (British) → jardin m maraîcher

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marketable

adj → absetzbar, marktfähig; (fig) actor, sportsperson → vermarktbar

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marketable

[ˈmɑːkɪtəbl] adj → commercializzabile

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market

(ˈmaːkit) noun

1. a public place where people meet to buy and sell or the public event at which this happens. He has a clothes stall in the market.

2. (a place where there is) a demand for certain things. There is a market for cotton goods in hot countries.

verb

to (attempt to) sell. I produce the goods and my brother markets them all over the world.

ˈmarketable adjective

wanted by the public and therefore able to be sold. a marketable product.

ˈmarketing noun

(the study of) the processes by which anything may be sold. He is in charge of marketing; (also adjective) marketing methods.

ˌmarket-ˈgarden noun

a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for sale.

ˈmarket-place, ˌmarket-ˈsquare noun

the open space or square in a town in which a market is held.

market price/value

the price at which a thing is being sold at a particular time. What's the current market price of gold?

market research

investigation of the habits and preferences of the public in choosing what goods to buy. She does market research for a cosmetics firm.

be on the market

to be for sale. Her house has been on the market for months.

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Bambridge made this remark with an air of disgust, satisfied that his own bragging showed a fine sense of the marketable.