purchasable

[ pur-chuh-suh-buhl ]

/ ˈpɜr tʃə sə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being bought.

that may be influenced by bribery; venal.

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Origin of purchasable

First recorded in 1605–15; purchase + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM purchasable

pur·chas·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·pur·chas·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·pur·chas·a·ble, adjectiveun·pur·chas·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby purchasable

Purbeck marble, purblind, Purcell, Purcell Mountains, Purchas, purchasable, purchase, purchase ledger, purchase tax, purchasing agent, purchasing power

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How to use purchasable in a sentence

Domingues is exploring making Garland of Hours records purchasable on Bandcamp.
Mary Timony’s ‘Mountains’ confused lots of listeners 20 years ago. It always made perfect sense to her.|Mariana Timony|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
At various times, however, the stock seems to have been purchasable from other sources at a much lower figure.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
Kidder's medical battery used forty years ago or more, and still used and purchasable in its first form, was a dynamo.
Steam Steel and Electricity|James W. Steele
The rival candidate does the same, and hence the office is purchasable at the price of manhood, integrity, learning and capacity.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington

Flogging has become a pleasure purchasable in our streets, and inhibition a grown-up habit that children play at.
A Treatise on Parents and Children|George Bernard Shaw
His haughtiness converted the perishable and purchasable malice of party, into the "study of revenge, immortal hate."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various

British Dictionary definitions for purchasable

purchasable

/ (ˈpɜːtʃɪsəbəl) /

adjective

able to be bribed or corrupted

able to be bought

Derived forms of purchasable

purchasability, noun

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