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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mercatable, a. [e.m.E. marketable (1600).] Marketable, of marketable quality. —1680 Fountainhall Decis. I. 79.
That the obligement in the contract of victual being to deliver mercatable stuff