purchasableadj.n.
/ˈpəːtʃᵻsəbl/, U.S. /ˈpərtʃəsəb(ə)l/ A. adj.
That may be purchased (in various senses of the verb); esp. that may be bought for money. In extended use (of a person): that may be bribed.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be
procurablec1449
purveyable1542
gettable1553
extant1555
parable1563
acquirable1606
gainable1611
purchasable1611
obtainablea1617
acquisitive1629
haveable1639
producible1640
come-at-able?1685
derivablea1711
attainable1712
embraceable1841
graspable1868
securable1876
society > trade and finance > buying > [adjective] > able to be bought
buyable1483
salary1593
mercable1656
purchasable1692
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Acquistéuole Acquirable, purchasable.
1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre iii. 165 Hope of pardon, either impetrable by words, or purchaseable by money.
1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 43 Money being the Counter-ballance to all other Things purchasable by it.
1724 E. Ward Wandring Spy ii. 49 A purchasable Lass, that gains More by her Pleasantry than Pains.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 371 No public office is henceforth hereditary or purchaseable [in France].
1817 J. B. Burges Storm iv. i. 170 They're tempting baits, All purchasable by the simple gift Of my poor heart and hand.
1848 Times 26 June 8/3 A jury of packed, purchasable bankrupts.
1879 S. Highley Magic Lantern in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 234/1 The stock article of the shops..purchasable for about three guineas.
1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vii. 120 I have been reading a short, but clear and interesting account of the old building, purchasable at the modest sum of one penny.
1957 L. MacNeice Visitations 46 And from its branches muffled doves Drummed out the purchasable loves.
2006 Place in Sun May 59/2 Fully-furnished freehold studio and one-bed apartments, purchasable under an 11-year leaseback arrangement.
B. n.
Chiefly in plural. An item that may be purchased; (also) a person who may be bribed.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > that which can be or has been bought > [noun]
purchasable1874
shopping1907
1874 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 27 Jan. The irresponsibles, the sans culottes, the purchasables of every ilk..have the balance of power and actually select the nominee.
1942 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 21 May 4/6 With the amount of goods for sale dropping thirteen per cent in volume after June 30 next, the key task will be to allocate purchasables fairly.
1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 13/4 Grocery stores tack on a 10-cent charge for the bag you carry your over-priced purchasables home in.
1991 Esquire Oct. 196/2 Bevey of purchasables for parents whose kids are showing revanchist tendencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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