merchantable

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merchantable

adjective more merchantable · most merchantable

  1. Fit for the market, i.e. suitable for selling for an ordinary price. Sometimes, this is a technical designation for a particular kind or class. The defendants pleaded the general issue, with notice of the set-off, averring that but a part of the logs ever came to their possession, and of this part but a few were merchantable, the balance of them being worthless, and claiming damages for the inferior quality of the logs.

Opposite: unmerchantable

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adjective

Opposite: unmerchantable

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adj fit for market

Españolcomerciable
Françaiscommerciable
Italianocommerciabile

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@misc{merchantable_2026,
  title = {merchantable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merchantable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}