merchantableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈməːtʃ(ə)ntəbl/, U.S.

/ˈmərtʃən(t)əb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English merchandabull, 1500s marchauntable, 1500s merchaintable, 1500s merchauntable, 1500s–1600s marchandable, 1500s–1700s (1700s– English regional (south-western)) marchantable, 1500s– merchantable, 1600s–1700s merchandable; Scottish pre-1700 marchandable, pre-1700 merchanable, pre-1700 merchandabell, pre-1700 merchandabill, pre-1700 merchandible, pre-1700 merchantabill, pre-1700 merschionabill.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merchant v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < merchant v. + -able suffix.

a. Suitable or prepared for purchase or sale; that may or can be bought or sold; saleable; marketable.

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society > trade and finance > [adjective] > dealt in by trade > that may be

merchandisable1482

merchantablec1500

tradable1574

marketable1602

trafficable1649

negotiable1758

commerciable1786

commoditable1792

dealable1890

c1500 Sir Corneus in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 284 Ther wyues hath be merchandabull..A man of lufe þat wold þem craue, Hastely he schuld it haue.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xlvij/2 I. D...affermid..that the sayd peper was as good as any in the worlde & marchauntable.

1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. B Which commodities for distinction sake, I call Merchantable.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Emploicte Ware that sells well..marchandable ware.

1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 181 About the time of Clement the fifth..they [sc. indulgences] began to be merchantable.

1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion II. 336 Came..to relieve their Wants By must'ring up a Merchandable Store.

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 62 They [sc. White Fish] were very well cured, merchantable, and fit for Exportation.

1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) II. iv. v. 286 A barrel of good merchantable herrings.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. iii. 88 Land has become a merchantable commodity.

1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 322 Feeding stuffs guaranteed of the usual good and merchantable quality.

1909 C. J. Kappler Indian Affairs, Laws & Treaties (U.S.) III. 403 All merchantable timber on said lands..shall be sold and disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior.

1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) i. 31 The peninsula retains but one-fourth of its original supply of merchantable lumber.

1991 Which? Mar. 150/2 The Sale of Goods Act requires the garage to supply a car which is of merchantable quality and fit for its purpose.

b. In extended use.

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1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 41 We employ the borrowed ware [sc. words] so farre to our aduantage that we raise a profit of new words from the same stocke, which yet in their owne countrey are not merchantable.

1701 Argument for War 25 The Project may pass on the other side the water, but will never be Merchantable, I hope, in England.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §57. 60 Who..will make ample Returns in good and merchandable Party-Work.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 5 May 5/4 The lawyers and inferior judges..are..mere merchantable creatures, incurably venal.

2. Canadian regional (chiefly Newfoundland). Of cod: of a quality or grade suitable for preparing for sale (by being split, salted, and dried). Also with modifying word, indicating a particular grade of cod (in quot. 1977 in extended use). Also (occasionally) as n.

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1580 in D. W. Prowse Hist. Newfoundland (1895) 84 Newland fish, merchantable at 10s. the 100, current money in England.

1663 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) (modernized text) 57 Too little [salt] makes it redshanks, that is, look red when dried, and so is not merchantable.

1762 H. Lloyd Let. 4 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 677 Jamaica Fish £5.5/ Merchantable do. 5.15/ to £6.

1779 G. Cartwright in C. W. Townsend Capt. Cartwright & Jrnl. (1911) 496 [They] turned out two hundred and eighty-seven quintals of merchantable fish.

1883 L. Z. Joncas Fisheries Canada 19 Three qualities of it [sc. the cod-fish] are made, the merchantable, the inferior and the ‘refused’... The large merchantable is sent in bulk..to Spain..and other Mediterranean ports.

1957 Newfoundland Q. Sept. 5/1 Durned old fool got lippy about the cull. Trying to tell me his sunburned fish should have gone merchantable.

1977 T. Russell Tales Pigeon Inlet 104 She's what you might call a comfortable armful or to put it in good fisherman's language, she's medium merchantable.

†3. Of or relating to trade; commercial. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > [adjective]

chaffering1483

merchantlike1566

merchantablea1603

emporial1604

merchandising1616

mercantile1638

mercatorian1648

mercatory1654

mercatorial1662

commercial1757

tradal1846

tradey1855

mercantilist1881

mercantilistic1883

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 176 Satisfaction from us to God, and remission from God to vs, can no more stand together, than marchandable paiment with bankerupt.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 469 The most traffiqueable and Marchandable Citie of all Asia.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 90 Let every man coin what money he will and observe if ever we can make a marchandable payment.

1875 S. C. Lanier Symphony in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 681 So hath Trade withered up Love's sinewy prime, Men love not women as in olden time. Ah, not in these cold merchantable days.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merchantable
释义	merchantableadj.n. Brit. /ˈməːtʃ(ə)ntəbl/, U.S. /ˈmərtʃən(t)əb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English merchandabull, 1500s marchauntable, 1500s merchaintable, 1500s merchauntable, 1500s–1600s marchandable, 1500s–1700s (1700s– English regional (south-western)) marchantable, 1500s– merchantable, 1600s–1700s merchandable; Scottish pre-1700 marchandable, pre-1700 merchanable, pre-1700 merchandabell, pre-1700 merchandabill, pre-1700 merchandible, pre-1700 merchantabill, pre-1700 merschionabill. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merchant v., -able suffix. Etymology: < merchant v. + -able suffix. 1. a. Suitable or prepared for purchase or sale; that may or can be bought or sold; saleable; marketable. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [adjective] > dealt in by trade > that may be merchandisable1482 merchantablec1500 tradable1574 marketable1602 trafficable1649 negotiable1758 commerciable1786 commoditable1792 dealable1890 c1500 Sir Corneus in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 284 Ther wyues hath be merchandabull..A man of lufe þat wold þem craue, Hastely he schuld it haue. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xlvij/2 I. D...affermid..that the sayd peper was as good as any in the worlde & marchauntable. 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. B Which commodities for distinction sake, I call Merchantable. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Emploicte Ware that sells well..marchandable ware. 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 181 About the time of Clement the fifth..they [sc. indulgences] began to be merchantable. 1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion II. 336 Came..to relieve their Wants By must'ring up a Merchandable Store. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 62 They [sc. White Fish] were very well cured, merchantable, and fit for Exportation. 1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) II. iv. v. 286 A barrel of good merchantable herrings. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. iii. 88 Land has become a merchantable commodity. 1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 322 Feeding stuffs guaranteed of the usual good and merchantable quality. 1909 C. J. Kappler Indian Affairs, Laws & Treaties (U.S.) III. 403 All merchantable timber on said lands..shall be sold and disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) i. 31 The peninsula retains but one-fourth of its original supply of merchantable lumber. 1991 Which? Mar. 150/2 The Sale of Goods Act requires the garage to supply a car which is of merchantable quality and fit for its purpose. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 41 We employ the borrowed ware [sc. words] so farre to our aduantage that we raise a profit of new words from the same stocke, which yet in their owne countrey are not merchantable. 1701 Argument for War 25 The Project may pass on the other side the water, but will never be Merchantable, I hope, in England. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §57. 60 Who..will make ample Returns in good and merchandable Party-Work. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 5 May 5/4 The lawyers and inferior judges..are..mere merchantable creatures, incurably venal. 2. Canadian regional (chiefly Newfoundland). Of cod: of a quality or grade suitable for preparing for sale (by being split, salted, and dried). Also with modifying word, indicating a particular grade of cod (in quot. 1977 in extended use). Also (occasionally) as n. ΚΠ 1580 in D. W. Prowse Hist. Newfoundland (1895) 84 Newland fish, merchantable at 10s. the 100, current money in England. 1663 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) (modernized text) 57 Too little [salt] makes it redshanks, that is, look red when dried, and so is not merchantable. 1762 H. Lloyd Let. 4 Feb. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 677 Jamaica Fish £5.5/ Merchantable do. 5.15/ to £6. 1779 G. Cartwright in C. W. Townsend Capt. Cartwright & Jrnl. (1911) 496 [They] turned out two hundred and eighty-seven quintals of merchantable fish. 1883 L. Z. Joncas Fisheries Canada 19 Three qualities of it [sc. the cod-fish] are made, the merchantable, the inferior and the ‘refused’... The large merchantable is sent in bulk..to Spain..and other Mediterranean ports. 1957 Newfoundland Q. Sept. 5/1 Durned old fool got lippy about the cull. Trying to tell me his sunburned fish should have gone merchantable. 1977 T. Russell Tales Pigeon Inlet 104 She's what you might call a comfortable armful or to put it in good fisherman's language, she's medium merchantable. †3. Of or relating to trade; commercial. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [adjective] chaffering1483 merchantlike1566 merchantablea1603 emporial1604 merchandising1616 mercantile1638 mercatorian1648 mercatory1654 mercatorial1662 commercial1757 tradal1846 tradey1855 mercantilist1881 mercantilistic1883 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 176 Satisfaction from us to God, and remission from God to vs, can no more stand together, than marchandable paiment with bankerupt. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 469 The most traffiqueable and Marchandable Citie of all Asia. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 90 Let every man coin what money he will and observe if ever we can make a marchandable payment. 1875 S. C. Lanier Symphony in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. May 681 So hath Trade withered up Love's sinewy prime, Men love not women as in olden time. Ah, not in these cold merchantable days. 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