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Meaning of PURCHASABLE

Pronunciation:  'purchusubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many house in the area are for sale"
  2. [adj]  capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
 
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 Synonyms: available, bribable, corrupt, corruptible, dishonest, for sale, venal
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pur"chas*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being bought, purchased, or obtained for a
consideration; hence, venal; corrupt.
      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.                               --Locke.
 

 

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