merchantable

== English == === Etymology === From merchant + -able. === Adjective === merchantable (comparative more merchantable, superlative most merchantable) 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== unmerchantable merchantability ==== Translations ==== === References === “merchantable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.