merchantable

English

Etymology

merchant +‎ -able

Adjective

merchantable (comparative more merchantable, superlative 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.
   • March 1858, Nathan Clifford in the United States Supreme Court, Leonard v. Davis 66 U.S. 476

     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.

Antonyms

• unmerchantable

Related terms

• unmerchantable
• merchantability

Translations

fit for market

• Czech: obchodovatelný m
• French: commerciable
• Italian: commerciabile (it)
• Spanish: comerciable (es)

References

• “merchantable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.