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.

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

fungibility - the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange

exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness

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"

commutability, replaceability, substitutability - exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable

liquidity - being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability

permutability, permutableness, transposability - ability to change sequence

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Fungibilität

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