merchantable

adjective

ˈmər-chən-tə-bəl How to pronounce merchantable (audio)
Definition of merchantablenext
as in marketable
fit to be offered for sale a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber

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Recent Examples of merchantable Qualifying timber must be merchantable, which is the market maker’s effort to ensure that offsets aren’t produced with trees that wouldn’t otherwise be cut. — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 May 2021 The beetle has devoured 18 million hectares of forest in British Columbia alone, killing 60 percent of its merchantable pine. — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2021 If only one percent of those logs escaped and somehow eluded beachcombers, that means 100 million board feet of merchantable timber became driftwood each year. — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018 Today, the land for sale has what's estimated to be 2 million board feet of merchantable timber. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchantable
  1. marketable
  2. profitable
  3. salable
  4. valuable
  5. expensive
Adjective
  • Overall, Berkshire’s holdings of marketable securities dropped from $354 billion in 2023 to $272 billion at the end of 2024.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Curry has been one of the NBA’s most marketable players for the past decade, and his off-court earnings got a bump last year under his latest long-term Under Armour contract extension.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of marketable
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  • His ratings have been profitable 53% of the time, delivering an average return of 10.3%.
    — TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Even profitable businesses can fail without enough cash to cover expenses.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of profitable
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  • The series renders the potentially odd and inward aspects of fantasy salable—paranormals are just like contemporary humans, with familiar psychologies, politics, and value systems.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Add the contemporaneous arrival of a lively market for contemporary art, which had barely existed earlier in 20th century America, and all those rival brand names could seem like desperate promotional efforts to crack the market with comfortably retrograde, highly salable pictures.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of salable
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  • The research suggests that situational awareness may emerge naturally as AI systems become more powerful and economically valuable.
    — Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Neither of those wideouts are superstars, but either would provide a valuable veteran presence.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of valuable
Adjective
  • Renovations to make a home wheelchair-accessible or safe for someone with a visual impairment can be expensive.
    — Andrew Lingelbach, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Castillo would be expensive, in terms of money and the trade package, but his presence on the mound would be well worth it.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of expensive

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“Merchantable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantable. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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