merchantable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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.

Word forms

merchantable more merchantable most merchantable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchantable From merchant + -able.

Antonyms

unmerchantable

Related words

unmerchantable merchantability

Derived words

merchantableness nonmerchantable submerchantable

← merchant tailors
← merchant venturer
← merchant venturers
← merchantabilities
← merchantability

merchantableness →
merchanted →
merchantess →
merchantesses →
merchanthood →

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