VENDIBLE

marketable, merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible

(adjective) fit to be offered for sale; “marketable produce”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

vendible (comparative more vendible, superlative most vendible)

Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.

Usage notes

Vendible indicates that something can be sold, whereas marketable signifies that it is proper or fit to be sold, according to regulations and customs.

Noun

vendible (plural vendibles)

Anything that can be bought and sold.

Source: Wiktionary


Vend"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. vendibilis: cf. OF. vendible, F. vendable.]

Definition: Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable. The regulating of prices of things vendible. Bacon.

Note: Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies proper or fit for market, according to the laws or customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such legal fitness.

Vend"i*ble, n.

Definition: Something to be sold, or offered for sale.

– Vend"i*ble*ness, n.

– Vend"i*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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