vendible

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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

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

And to certifie vs whether our set clothes be vendible there or not: and whether they be rowed and shorne: because ofttimes they goe vndrest.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Hakluyt, Richard

The most doubtful circumstance attendant on their office, that of its being vendible, contributed, however, to this independency of character.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

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

From The Theory of Social Revolutions by Adams, Brooks