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tradable, a.|ˈtreɪdəb(ə)l| Also tradeable. [f. trade n. or v. + -able.] That may be dealt with in the way of trade; marketable.
1599Essex Let. to Q. Eliz. 25 June, in Moryson Itin. (1617) ii. 35 Your good subiects may haue for their mony out of your Maiesties store, that which..may serue for their necessary defence, whereas if once they be tradable, the Rebels will giue such extreme and excessiue prices, that they will neuer bee kept from them. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. i. vi. (1852) 84 One ship..which they fraighted for England with the best part of their tradable estates. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Jan. 4/1 For good milling qualities around 25s per cwt, delivered, was the tradeable basis. 1975Accountancy Sept. 32/2 It [sc. government spending] signifies a transfer of resources from the tradeable to the non-tradeable sector, which would literally kill the productive section of the economy. Hence trad(e)aˈbility.
1979B. Brown Money Hard & Soft on Internat. Currency Markets 2 A sine qua non of currency hardness is free tradability. Residents of the country of issue are permitted to buy and sell a freely tradable currency for foreign exchange. 1983Times 16 Aug. 14/1 The BNOC argument is that Brent crude has a higher ‘tradability’. |