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Definition: Purchasable |
PurchasableAdjective1. Capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer". 2. Available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many house in the area are for sale". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "purchasable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
Synonyms: PurchasableSynonyms: bribable (adj), corruptible (adj), dishonest (adj), for sale (adj), venal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Purchasable |
| English words defined with "purchasable": bribable ♦ corruptible ♦ dishonest ♦ sale ♦ venal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "purchasable": serial DAS, serial data acquisition system, special product. (references) |
| "Purchasable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Purchasable" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glasses online purchasable sun | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "purchasable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който може да се купи, продажен (bribable, corrupt, corruptible, mercenary, reptile, salable, saleable, venal), подкупен (bribable, bribed, corruptible, venal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prodejný (corrupt, loose, marketable, salable, saleable, venal, vendible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kaufbar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αγοράσιμοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megvásárolható (for disposal, mercenary, venal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acquistabile (acquirable, gettable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urchasablepay venal (venal), comprável, adquirível (obtainable). (various references) продажный (bribable, corrupt, reptile, venal, vendible). (various references) koji može da se kupi. (various references) comprable. (various references) mutbar (bribable, venal). (various references) satın alınabilir (affordable, bribable), alınabilir (receivable, seizable). (various references) продажний (accessible to bribery, babylonian, corrupt, hireling, procurable, venal, vendible). (various references) có thể tậu được; đáng mua, có thể mua được (gettable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Purchasable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: purchaseable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "purchasable" (pronounced 'Pur"chas*a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-h-l-p-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: crushable. | |
-3 letters: acalephs, arbuscle, berascal, bluchers, bluecaps, caesural, capabler, capsular, cashable, causable, chapeaus, chasuble, labrusca, parables, parsable, pearlash, prebasal, purchase, scapulae, scapular, shapable, sharable, sparable, specular. | |
-4 letters: acaleph, apaches, apercus, arables, bascule, beclasp, bharals, blucher, bluecap, blusher, braches, burlaps, caesura, capable, capsule, carpale, carpals, carpels, chapeau, chapels, cherubs, clasher, clasper, curable, earlaps, eparchs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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