Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
vendible .
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- adjective Alternative form of
vendible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fit to be offered for sale
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Examples
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And, by direct derivation, according to the sort of logic that lawyers like, the various owners of that belt of land have title-good vendable title-to the Moon somehow lodged collectively in them.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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And, by direct derivation, according to the sort of logic that lawyers like, the various owners of that belt of land have title-good vendable title'to the Moon somehow lodged collectively in them.
The Man Who Sold The Moon Heinlein, Robert A. 1953
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A service mark identifies you as a provider of specific services rather than of vendable articles.
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Jollife, — ffayle not to send the shipp Rebecka Victualled for three monthes to Virginea to Mr. Thomas Steggs, with some commoditty such as you shall vnder - stand to be there most vendable ffor vallewe of 120/. or
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Those that go for discovery in the vessel, should be instructed to treat civilly yet warily, — for many Indians are very treacherous, — with the first Indian people they can discover; and to endeavour first to traftick with them, especially to buy provision, if the Indians can accommodate them with it; also to trade for furs or other things vendable.
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And the purpose is in its nature mischievous; it is one which strikes at the value of a vendable article in the market, and if it gives a fictitious value, by means of false rumours, it is a fraud on all who may by possibility have to do with that article; it is a fraud on all the public who may have to do with the funds on the day to which the conspiracy applies.
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And instead of being an ad for the main attraction, the book itself, it’s a vendable good on its own.
Jeff Jarvis, talking for 23 minutes: $10. Jeff writing 70,000 words: $13. » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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