fungible
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“I perform, I discharge a duty”) (English function) + -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term,[1] going back to Roman law: res fungibilis (“replaceable things”).
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.
- Synonyms: interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.
- Antonym: nonfungible
- 1649, Antony Ascham, Of the confusions and revolutions of governments, page 30:
- Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?
- 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”, in 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.
- 2013, Johanna Rothman, Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds:
- However, unless you are unique among technical organizations and have fungible staff members who can easily replace each other, you'll need to augment the standardized description with your needs for this particular position.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]able to be substituted for something of equal value
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Noun
[edit]fungible (plural fungibles)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any fungible item.
- Antonym: nonfungible
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fungible”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
[edit]- fungibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin fungibilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fungible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)
Further reading
[edit]- “fungible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fungible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “fungible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fungible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]fungible
- inflection of fungibel:
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin fungī (“to perform”). Cognate with fungible.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fungible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)
- fungible, expendable, consumable (exchangeable)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fungible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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