sellable
/ˈsɛləbəl/
sellable adjective: able or likely to be sold.
Adjective
sellable (not generally comparable, comparative more sellable, superlative most sellable)
- Able or likely to be sold.
- Near-synonyms: marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy
- a sellable commodity
- Synonyms:
- saleable, salable, marketable, tradable, vendible, vendable, saleworthy, marketworthy
- Antonyms:
- unsellable, unsaleable, unsalable, unmarketable, untradable, unvendible, unvendable
- For which it is possible to find a willing and able buyer.
- Alcoholic beverages are sellable anywhere, if you're willing to skirt the law.
- There was nothing in the show that tried to tame it down, somehow make it more sellable.1977 February 12, Don Shewey, John Glines, “Theatre Profiles Part II”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 9
- Legal to sell.
- Alcoholic beverages aren't sellable in this county.
Noun
sellable (plural sellables)
- Something that can be sold.
- I have been doing my best to overcome jitters after two Whittingehame Court burglaries, one next door and one in the flat above me, both too near for comfort, done in mid-afternoon by the total non-finesse of smashing the door open, stuffing videos and other portable sellables into a large holdall...1993 May, James McGonigal, quoting Edwin Morgan, Beyond the Last Dragon: A Life of Edwin Morgan, Dingwall: Sandstone Press, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 330–331
- The cobblestone block of Fulton Street is home to more upscale shops and restaurants, but the old wooden pier is where you’ll find food stands, clothing kiosks, and more random sellables like balloon animal crafts.2009, Inside New York 2010, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 292, column 1
sellable meaning in Urdu
sellable in Urdu
- sellable
- بکاؤ bikāū
Examples of sellable in a sentence
- “Whatcha got?” He nodded to the piles of swag and sellables.2015, Pat Obermeier, The President Factor, Cold Cat Books, →ISBN, page 220:
- And do you think they’d throw off some of their sellables to make way for a pregnant whore?2016, Stella Gemmell, The Immortal Throne, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 215:
Synonyms of sellable
Antonyms
Forms of sellable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more sellable |
| superlative | most sellable |
| Noun | |
| plural | sellables |
Origin of sellable
From sell + -able.
Words formed from sellable
Questions about sellable
- What does sellable mean?
- Sellable means able or likely to be sold.
- What is sellable in Urdu?
- Sellable in Urdu is بکاؤ (bikāū). See Sellable meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use sellable in a sentence?
- “Whatcha got?” He nodded to the piles of swag and sellables.
- What part of speech is sellable?
- Sellable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sellable?
- Sellable is pronounced /ˈsɛləbəl/.
Words near sellable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sellable (page history and authors); بکاؤ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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