fungible

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations

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From Latin fungor "discharge a duty" and -ible "able to".

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• IPA: /ˈfʌn.dʒɪ.bəl/

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fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)

1. (finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value.
   • 1876 [1877], Samuel Dana Horton,Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption, p. 116,

     Gold is fungible. Silver is fungible; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another

2. Interchangeable.

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