Tuesday, June 7, 2016

assailable, a salable

Assailable or assailable means vulnerable to attack, literally or figuratively --
The fortress is assailable only from the north; the other sides are surrounded by water.
The opposition has found our candidate assailable through his personal connections.

A salable or a salable ( also a saleable, rhymes with assailable ) describes something ( a ) that is good enough to sell, or that can be sold for cash ( salable ) --
This is still a salable item, but you won't get much for it.
People buy gold because it is nearly always a salable commodity.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"They think his business record is assailable, but he never promotes anything except a salable painting."

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