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What is "merchantable"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
merchantable
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
quality
▪ You're entitled to a full refund because the goods aren't of merchantable quality.
▪ At first instance, the judge held that the car was not of merchantable quality.
▪ The computer must be of merchantable quality.
▪ By their work they are promoting the idea that goods should be of merchantable quality and fit for their purpose.
▪ The Scania soon proved to be seriously defective and not of merchantable quality.
▪ The concept of merchantable quality is one of degree.
▪ Goods must be of merchantable quality, fit for their purpose and as described.
▪ The Sale of Goods Act 1979 states that goods must be of merchantable quality when you buy them.
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▪ By their work they are promoting the idea that goods should be of merchantable quality and fit for their purpose.
▪ The computer must be of merchantable quality.
▪ The concept of merchantable quality is one of degree.
▪ The Sale of Goods Act 1979 states that goods must be of merchantable quality when you buy them.
▪ When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality.
▪ You're entitled to a full refund because the goods aren't of merchantable quality.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Merchantable

Merchantable \Mer"chant*a*ble\, a. Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

Wiktionary
merchantable

a. Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

WordNet
merchantable

adj. fit to be offered for sale; "marketable produce" [syn: marketable, sellable, vendable, vendible]

Usage examples of "merchantable".

Of that great, tempering, benign shadow over the continent, tempering its heat, giving shelter from its cold, restraining the waters, there is left about 65 per cent in acreage and not more than one-half the merchantable timber--five hundred million acres gone in a century and a half.

The few merchantable trees he spares, together with those now unmerchantable, will, in perhaps twenty years, make another excellent crop.

The ironmasters even appealed to King James to put a stop to Dud's manufacture, alleging that his iron was not merchantable.