marketability

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Etymology tree

English market

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin -abilitas

Middle French -abletébor.

Middle English -ablete

English -ability

English marketability

marketability (countable and uncountable, plural marketabilities)

The likelihood that something will sell; market appeal.
This is a beautiful house with high marketability.
- 1998 December 13, Michelle Cottle, “The Importance Of Internship”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 March 2012:
  From the job seeker's point of view, however, it may be best to stay in school for an internship—if you can afford the time and expense. That way, some career advisers say, you can maximize your marketability to get the hottest job at the highest possible salary.

marketability