merchantable
adjectiveSuitable for buying and selling; marketable.
Suitable for trade or sale; salable.
Specifically, inferior to the best or “selected” quality, but sufficiently good for ordinary purposes: as, merchantable wheat or timber.—
The highest of the three grades into which codfish that have been salted, washed, and dried are sorted.
adjectiveFit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; ; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.
adjectiveFit for
fit to be offered for sale
