EXCHANGEABLE

convertible, exchangeable

(adjective) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; “convertible securities”

exchangeable

(adjective) suitable to be exchanged

exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised

(adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; “interchangeable electric outlets”; “interchangeable parts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

exchangeable (not comparable)

Able to be exchanged.

(finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.

Noun

exchangeable (plural exchangeables)

(finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*change"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf.F. échangeable.]

1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. "An exchangeable value." J. S. Mill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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