marketable

/'mɑ:kitəbl/

Thân thiện

A student develops marketable skills in a computer programming class.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being sold or marketed: Describes something that is suitable for sale or can be successfully offered in a market.
   • In demand by employers or buyers: Describes skills, qualities, or products that are currently sought after and valued.

Usage Examples

• Describing goods or produce:
  • The farm increased its marketable surplus of wheat this year.
  • Only the highest quality, marketable produce is shipped to the grocery stores.
• Describing skills or attributes:
  • Learning to code is a highly marketable skill in today's job market.
  • Her fluency in three languages makes her very marketable to international companies.

Advanced Usage

• "Marketable securities": A financial term for stocks, bonds, and other investments that can be easily bought or sold on public exchanges.
  • The company's portfolio consists of liquid, marketable securities.
• "Marketable title": A legal term for ownership of a property that is free from reasonable doubt or defect and can be sold.
  • Before closing, the seller must provide a marketable title to the house.

Variants and Related Words

• Marketability (noun): The quality of being marketable.
  • The marketability of the new software is being tested.
• Market (verb/noun): The related root word.
• Merchantable (adjective): A near-synonym, often used in legal contexts to mean fit for sale.

Synonyms

• Salable: Fit for sale; able to be sold.
• Vendible: Capable of being sold.
• In demand: Sought after; wanted by buyers or employers.

Antonyms

• Unsalable: Not capable of being sold.
• Unmarketable: Not fit or able to be marketed.

Related Phrases

• "Marketable commodity": An item or skill that is easily sold or traded.
  • In the digital age, data has become a marketable commodity.
• "Enhance marketability": To improve the qualities that make something sellable or desirable.
  • He took a public speaking course to enhance his marketability as a manager.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being marketed
   • the marketable surplus
2. fit to be offered for sale
   • marketable produce
3. being in demand by especially employers
   • marketable skills

Từ đồng nghĩa

• merchantable
• sellable
• vendable
• vendible