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Definition of Purchasable

1. Adjective. Capable of being corrupted. "A venal police officer"

2. Adjective. Available for purchase. "Many houses in the area are for sale"

Definition of Purchasable

1. a. Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.

Definition of Purchasable

1. Adjective. Able to be purchased ¹

2. Adjective. Affordable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purchasable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purchasable

pupuserias pupylation pupæ pur pur et dur pur laine puranas purau purblind purblindly

purblindness purblindnesses purcelane purcelanes purchasability purchasable (current term) purchase purchase agreement purchase contract purchase order

purchase price purchase price variance purchased purchaser purchasers purchases purchasest purchaseth purchasing purchasing agent

Literary usage of Purchasable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... purchasable and possible to keep. The clusters would weigh more than three pounds each, maybe five. .... And now, dear wife, having finished this crude, ..."

2. The Struggle for Existence by Walter Thomas Mills (1904)
"So long as these corrupt forces, tax dodgers, private corporations, professional politicians and purchasable voters remain, so long municipal corruption ..."

3. Old New York: Or, Reminiscences of the Past Sixty Years. Being an Enlarged by John Wakefield Francis (1858)
"... who renewed their martial ardor by melody and mead, a beverage now almost forgotten, but then largely purchasable at the Knickerbocker taverns, ..."

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