vendible
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin vendibilis, from vendere (“to sell”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɛndɪb(ə)l/
Adjective
vendible (comparative more vendible, superlative most vendible)
- Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Vnlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], OCLC 879551664, page 28:
- But as for the multitude of Sermons ready printed and pil'd up, on every text that is not difficult, our London trading St. Thomas in his veſtry, and adde to boot St. Martin, and St. Hugh, have not within their hallow'd limits more vendible ware of all ſorts ready made: […]
- Francis Bacon
- the regulating of prices of things vendible
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [I]f thou have any vendible faculty, nay if thou have but edacity and loquacity, come!
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Usage notes
- Vendible indicates that something can be sold, whereas marketable signifies that it is proper or fit to be sold, according to regulations and customs.
Translations
Noun
vendible (plural vendibles)
- Anything that can be bought and sold.
- 2008 June 12, “Americans Living in a Material World”, in New York Times:
- One thing for sure, with the way the free-market purists have turned everything from political representation to health care to spiritual redemption into mere vendibles, they won’t be pleased with him for pushing this particular line of inquiry.
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vendibilis.
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