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

Derived Forms

• ˌpurchasaˈbility, noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of purchasable¹

First recorded in 1605–15; purchase + -able

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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