purchasable

[pur-chuh-suh-buh l]

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adjective

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

Origin of purchasable

First recorded in 1605–15; purchase + -able

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

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Related Words for purchasable

corruptible, venal, buyable

Examples from the Web for purchasable

Historical Examples of purchasable

How the opinions of a press that are so purchasable, are at all respected, I cannot understand.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography
Louis Spohr
I know that we had compensation in things not purchasable here for money.
Venetian Life
William Dean Howells
It gave a false seeming of value to every purchasable thing.
A Captain in the Ranks
George Cary Eggleston
English goods of every kind are not purchasable, at least by me.
Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution
John Adams
Not for twenty louis, not for twenty thousand, should it ever have been purchasable.
Critical Studies
Ouida

British Dictionary definitions for purchasable

purchasable

adjective

able to be bribed or corrupted
able to be bought

Derived Formspurchasability, noun

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