commerciable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

commerce +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

commerciable (comparative more commerciable, superlative most commerciable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being bought and sold or traded.
    • 1985, Philippines Bureau of the Census and Statistics, Yearbook of Philippine Statistics, page 297:
      Fruit cocktails and candied/dehydrated fruits were also found to be commerciable.
    • 1987, Cheikh Anta Diop, Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State, →ISBN:
      The general integration of African economy would allow for the global bargaining of all of Africa's commerciable surplus of raw materials at prices advantageous to us, besides providing a very important source of capital accumulation.
    • 1998, Laurence Flanagan, Ancient Ireland: Life Before the Celts, →ISBN:
      Many years ago a young, possibly slightly arrogant—certainly self-confident—archaeologist defined archaeology as 'the study of social and economic history through the actual commerciable products of society—or in other words the story of Man's attempts to keep the wolf from the door by means of better doors and better wolf-traps.'