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purchasable, a. (n.)|ˈpɜːtʃɪsəb(ə)l|
Also purchaseable.
[f. purchase v. + -able.]
That may be purchased. †a. That may be obtained in any way; acquirable; procurable (obs.). b. Capable of being or liable to be bought for money. Also as n.
1611Florio, Acquistéuole, acquirable, purchasable. 1691Locke Lower. Interest 43 Money being the Counter-ballance to all other Things purchasable by it. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 371 (France) No public office is henceforth hereditary or purchaseable. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. iii. i. §2 I. 516 [The] exchange value of a thing,..the command which its possession gives over purchaseable commodities in general. 1879S. Highley Magic Lantern in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 234/1 The stock article of the shops..purchasable for about three guineas. 1957L. MacNeice Visitations 46 And from its branches muffled doves Drummed out the purchasable loves. 1966Listener 17 Nov. 734/1 Much attention is given in this book to James Bond's exact social position and..to his use of purchasable objects. 1972Village 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. |