In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
marketable, merchantable, sellable, vendable, vendible
(adjective) fit to be offered for sale; “marketable produce”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vendible (comparative more vendible, superlative most vendible)
Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
• Vendible indicates that something can be sold, whereas marketable signifies that it is proper or fit to be sold, according to regulations and customs.
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
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.