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EXCHANGEABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exchangeable mean?
• EXCHANGEABLE (adjective)
The adjective EXCHANGEABLE has 3 senses:
2. capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
3. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Familiarity information: EXCHANGEABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suitable to be exchanged
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 2
Meaning:
Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
Synonyms:
convertible; exchangeable
Context example:
convertible securities
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 3
Meaning:
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Synonyms:
exchangeable; interchangeable; similar; standardised; standardized
Context example:
interchangeable parts
Similar:
replaceable (capable of being replaced)
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