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.
| 1611 Florio, Acquistéuole, acquirable, purchasable. 1691 Locke Lower. Interest 43 Money being the Counter-ballance to all other Things purchasable by it. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. II. 371 (France) No public office is henceforth hereditary or purchaseable. 1848 Mill Pol. Econ. iii. i. §2 I. 516 [The] exchange value of a thing,..the command which its possession gives over purchaseable commodities in general. 1879 S. Highley Magic Lantern in Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 234/1 The stock article of the shops..purchasable for about three guineas. 1957 L. MacNeice Visitations 46 And from its branches muffled doves Drummed out the purchasable loves. 1966 Listener 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. 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. |