Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CONVERTIBLE
convertible, transformable, translatable, transmutable
(adjective) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; “is lead really transmutable into gold?”; “ideas translatable into reality”
convertible, exchangeable
(adjective) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; “convertible securities”
convertible
(adjective) designed to be changed from one use or form to another; “a convertible sofa”; “a convertible coupe”
convertible
(noun) a car that has top that can be folded or removed
convertible, sofa bed
(noun) a sofa that can be converted into a bed
convertible, convertible security
(noun) a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)
Able to be converted, particularly
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
(historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
(numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
(finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e, inversion) without falsehood.
Able to be turned, especially
(obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
(vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
(obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
Synonyms
• (able to be exchanged): equivalent, interchangeable, swappable; synonymous (of words)
Antonyms
• inconvertible
Noun
convertible (plural convertibles)
(dated, in plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
(finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
(computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
Synonyms
• (car with removable roof): cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster
Source: Wiktionary
Con*vert"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.]
1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey.
2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. Trench.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONFORMITY
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards; “their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”
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