Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to a security that may not be sold by one investor to another but is generally redeemable by the issuer within limitations; nonnegotiable.
  • adjective Difficult or impossible to market.

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  • adjective Not marketable.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ marketable

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Examples

  • The contributions were of a nonmarketable security, in this case rights to a portion of ongoing fees earned by a hedge fund to which Cooperman had provided startup money but didn't run.

    Billionaire Leon Cooperman: I Got Bad Tax Advice 2010

  • Cooperman told Forbes that McGladrey knew he was planning to donate a nonmarketable security to his private foundation and take a deduction when the firm rendered its appraisal for a fee that Cooperman said was about $20,000.

    Billionaire Leon Cooperman: I Got Bad Tax Advice 2010

  • This is going to happen anyway because there is nothing in the Social Security trust fund except a bunch of nonmarketable Treasury IOUs -- the money has been spent.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • This is going to happen anyway because there is nothing in the Social Security trust fund except a bunch of nonmarketable Treasury IOUs -- the money has been spent.

    We Can Tear Down This Welfare State Wall 2010

  • This is going to happen anyway because there is nothing in the Social Security trust fund except a bunch of nonmarketable Treasury IOUs -- the money has been spent.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • This is going to happen anyway because there is nothing in the Social Security trust fund except a bunch of nonmarketable Treasury IOUs -- the money has been spent.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • Properly appraised gifts of nonmarketable securities to public charities such as, say, the American National Red Cross present no deduction problem.

    Billionaire Leon Cooperman: I Got Bad Tax Advice 2010

  • This is going to happen anyway because there is nothing in the Social Security trust fund except a bunch of nonmarketable Treasury IOUs -- the money has been spent.

    Fact And Comment 2010

  • One fourth of all catches are discarded, either because they are undersized or nonmarketable.

    Economics of fisheries 2008

  • Pricing natural capital, especially nonmarketable natural capital, is so far an intractable problem, but one that need not be faced here.

    An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3 2008

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