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for sale

ADJECTIVE
commercial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
economic financial monetary profit-making profitable wholesale
STRONG
commissary exchange market merchandising retail retailing sales supplying trade trading
WEAK
across the counter bartering fiscal in demand in the market marketable mercantile pecuniary popular saleable wholesaling
Antonyms
WEAK
noncommercial not-for-profit
ADJECTIVE
marketable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bankable profitable
WEAK
commercial fit good hot merchandisable merchantable salable sellable selling sought-after sound trafficable vendible wanted
Antonyms
WEAK
unmarketable
ADJECTIVE
procurable
Synonyms
WEAK
acquirable available gettable obtainable on sale purchasable securable

Example Sentences

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When done, each would be put on the market for sale, rather than rented.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Nvidia's most top-of-the-range offerings, the Blackwell and forthcoming Rubin series, remain banned for sale in China.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Its steelmaking coal assets were earmarked for sale as part of a restructuring effort started after it fended off a takeover bid from rival BHP Group in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Its owners have now put the site up for sale, with a group of artists, organisations and local residents hoping to buy it and bring it into community ownership.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Everybody did it—that’s why the black markets had wheat and rice for sale.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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