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fungible

[ fuhn-juh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. Law, Commerce. (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind:

    Appliances are usually fungible—that is, they can be replaced with cash or a similar item of equal value.

  2. capable of being exchanged or interchanged; interchangeable:

    Neither ethanol nor biodiesel is fully fungible with petroleum-based fuels.

    Large corporations are likely to view both customers and employees as fungible, replaceable commodities.



fungible

/ ˈʌԻɪə /

noun

  1. often plural moveable perishable goods of a sort that may be estimated by number or weight, such as grain, wine, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having the nature or quality of fungibles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌڳܲԲˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڳܲ····ٲ [fuhn-j, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
  • ԴDz·ڳܲ·· adjective
  • ܲ·ڳܲ·· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fungible1

First recorded in 1640–50; from Medieval Latin fungibilis, equivalent to Latin ڳܲԲ(ī) “to perform, discharge, execute” + -ibilis -ible
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fungible1

C18: from Medieval Latin fungibilis , from Latin ڳܲԲī to perform; see function
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But, you know, his rants are pretty fungible.

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For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.

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They judge their god-emperor on style rather than substance, and understand truth as an endlessly fungible cryptocurrency compared to wicked memes and liberal tears.

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That’s because, for him, ideas are an entirely fungible currency that he deploys primarily to maintain the attention and adulation of his — and it is increasingly his alone — GOP “base.”

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Critics say that money is fungible and the deal frees up Tehran to use other funds to build up its own military or to continue funding allies such as Hamas or Lebanon-based Hezbollah.

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