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EXCHANGEABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
Example:
convertible securities
Synonyms:
convertible; exchangeable
Classified under:
Similar:
cashable; redeemable (able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent)
Attribute:
convertibility (the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction))
Derivation:
exchangeability (the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suitable to be exchanged
Classified under:
Similar:
commutable; substitutable (capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent)
fungible (of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation)
permutable; transposable (capable of changing sequence)
vicarious (suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another)
Antonym:
unexchangeable (not suitable to be exchanged)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Example:
interchangeable parts
Synonyms:
exchangeable; interchangeable; similar; standardised; standardized
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
replaceable (capable of being replaced)
