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purchasable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective purchasable has 2 senses
- purchasable(s = adj.all) bribable, corruptible, dishonest, venal - capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
- purchasable(s = adj.all) for sale - available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many houses in the area are for sale"
CIDE DICTIONARY
purchasable, a.
Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a consideration; hence, venal; corrupt. [1913 Webster]
"Money being the counterbalance to all things purchasable by it, as much as you take off from the value of money, so much you add to the price of things exchanged."
[1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
purchasable
approachable, available, bribable, buyable, corrupt, corruptible, fixable, hireling, marketable, mercenary, obtainable, on the market, on the pad, on the take, salable, slippery, to be had, treacherous, tricky, undependable, unreliable, venal
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