sellable, a.
(ˈsɛləb(ə)l)
Also 4 sillable, 6 sellabill.
[f. sell v. + -able.]
That may be sold, saleable. Hence ˈsellably adv.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. x. 10 This forsothe hath his soule sillable, or able to be sold. 1561 Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 334 Quhatsumewir schip of gudis sellabill arrywis to the port..of this burght. 1611 Cotgr., Venalement, vendibly, salably, sellably. 1620 J. Mason Disc. Newfoundland 6 Fish being a staple commoditie with us, and so sellable in other countries. 1633 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1870) V. 37/2 To sett downe the pryces of sellable teinds According to the worth thairof. 1886 Dict. Nat. Biog. V. 371/1 The..villein regardant—attached to the soil, and sellable with it. |
b. Venal.
| 1650 in Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 424 Those were sellable, vendible men, (πρασιµοι,) to be sold for money. |