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# purchasable

adjective (purchasable)

«purchasable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Able to be bought: Tickets are purchasable online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#m1)
2. Available for sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal word for notices, games and shops: «purchasable items», «extra lives purchasable in the app» — a warning that games may ask for money. In maths problems it marks what can be bought with a set amount. Everyday speech says «you can buy it» or «for sale».

### Examples

- Tickets are purchasable at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#x1)
- Extra coins are purchasable in the game — ask a grown-up first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#x2)
- Not every item in the museum shop is purchasable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#x3)
- With $10, which of these items are purchasable? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#x4)
- Lunch is purchasable from the canteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#x5)
- Seeds are purchasable at the garden centre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/#x6)

### Note

From «purchase» (buy) + «-able»; the e is dropped. Formal; everyday: «for sale», «available». Opposite: unpurchasable (rare).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «purchasable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/purchasable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«purchasable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/purchasable.html) on Mova free.