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purchasable

[ pur-chuh-suh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being bought.
  2. that may be influenced by bribery; venal.


purchasable

/ ˈpɜːtʃɪsəbəl /

adjective

  1. able to be bribed or corrupted
  2. able to be bought


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpurchasaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • purchas·a·bili·ty noun
  • nonpur·chas·a·bili·ty noun
  • non·purchas·a·ble adjective
  • un·purchas·a·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of purchasable1

First recorded in 1605–15; purchase + -able

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Example Sentences

Domingues is exploring making Garland of Hours records purchasable on Bandcamp.

At various times, however, the stock seems to have been purchasable from other sources at a much lower figure.

Kidder's medical battery used forty years ago or more, and still used and purchasable in its first form, was a dynamo.

The rival candidate does the same, and hence the office is purchasable at the price of manhood, integrity, learning and capacity.

Flogging has become a pleasure purchasable in our streets, and inhibition a grown-up habit that children play at.

His haughtiness converted the perishable and purchasable malice of party, into the "study of revenge, immortal hate."

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