vendible

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The scaffolding of much highly-prized sentiment would collapse, and the world of poetry and pageantry—particularly that of the tawdrier and more vendible poetry and pageantry—would be poorer by so much.

From An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation by Veblen, Thorstein

Speaking broadly, the judicial office, under the monarchy, was vendible.

From The Theory of Social Revolutions by Adams, Brooks

Their lien upon the State may have its origin in horses, or anything else; for the State buys anything vendible, from Abdul Rahman's most promising importations to a patent, self-acting corkscrew.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

A Catalogue of the most vendible Books in England, orderly and alphabetically digested.

From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

Adj. under the hammer, on the market, for sale. salable, marketable, vendible; unsalable &c. unpurchased†, unbought; on one's hands.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark