fungibility
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fun·gi·ble
(fŭn′jə-bəl)adj.
1. Law Returnable or negotiable in kind or by substitution, as a quantity of grain for an equal amount of the same kind of grain.
2. Interchangeable.
n.
often fungibles Law Something that is fungible.
[Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungī (vice), to perform (in place of).]
fun′gi·bil′i·ty n.
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Noun | 1. | fungibility - the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather" duality - (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry transferability - the quality of being transferable or exchangeable; "sterling transferability affords a means of multilateral settlement for....trade between nondollar countries" convertibility - the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction) inconvertibility - the quality of not being exchangeable; "the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible" liquidity - being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability |
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Fungibilität