vendible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of being sold or suitable for sale; marketable

   Only the undamaged cloth remained vendible after the warehouse flooded.

2. 2
   noun

   an article or commodity that can be sold; usually plural and rare

   The liquidator separated the remaining vendibles from goods that had no market value.

Borrowed in Middle English from Latin vendibilis, 'capable of being sold,' from vendere, 'to sell,' + -bilis, the source of English -ble. The less common spelling vendable arose separately through French vendre + -able.

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