venal (2)

[Fr., from Lat. venal is =salable, for sale, from venus, venum=sale.] Ready to be sold for money or other consideration, and entirely from sordid motives; ready to be bought over for lucre; mercenary, hireling, sordid. "The venal cry and prepared vote of a pa ive senate." -Burke: State of the Nation. vě-năl-1-tỹ, s . [Fr. venal ité , from Lat. venal i tatem , accusative of venal it as , from venal is =venal (q.v.).] The quality or state of being venal or basely influenced by money; the prostitution of talents, offices, or services for money or reward; mercenarine . "Not unacquainted with the venality of the government." Anson: Voyages, bk. iii., ch. vii.