fungible
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin fungor "discharge a duty" and -ible "able to".
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)
- (finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.
- 1876 [1877], Samuel Dana Horton, Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption, page 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
- 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:
- At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible.
- 1876 [1877], Samuel Dana Horton, Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption, page 116:
Translations [edit]
able to be substituted for something of equal value
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Noun [edit]
fungible (plural fungibles)
- (chiefly plural) Any fungible item.
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin fungor (“discharge a duty”) + -ible.
Adjective [edit]
fungible m, f (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)
