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conversion

conversion

24 4.2
Changing money or assets from one type to another
  • noun
  • /kənˈvɜrʒən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : conversión
  • And to do the conversion, we first need to deposit money into your Traditional IRA.
  • currency conversion
  • conversion rate
  • money conversion

Examples

  • But can the same be said of the analysis of conversion rates on digital channels?

    Blog text (3)
  • Throughout this article, we use the conversion rate of 7.6 rand per U.S. dollar.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The question is how do we find the conversion rate between these two areas?

  • ...though on their company website have much higher sales numbers and conversion rates.

  • It's a swap, but we decide in advance on what the conversion is, what the swap rate is between EUR and dollars.

  • One of several remedies imposed by the court was the conversion to CNG.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Six pence half a Shilling, you can do the conversion to Yen.

  • In Colombia, the final stage is conversion into Colombian pesos.

    Academic text (1994)
  • "MCP," as the co-op is known, buys corn for conversion into high-fructose corn syrup.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The bank offers favorable conversion rates for exchanging euros into U.S. dollars.

Synonyms

exchange
vsconversion
106 3.5

Changing money from one currency to another

is broader, covering transfers of securities or other types of assets as well as money
swap
vsconversion
94 2.6

A meeting where people trade things like books or clothes

applies to financial transfers of currencies, securities, or other assets

Compounds

conversion disorder
  • Specialized
2 7.8

A condition where emotional stress causes loss of movement or feeling without a medical cause

conversion factor
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A number used to multiply an amount in one unit to get the same amount in another unit

1 9.3

Bodily problems like paralysis or blindness that come from emotional stress and have no physical cause

data conversion
  • Specialized
1 3.6

To change information from one format to another so it works in a new system

9.9

A condition where strong emotions cause physical symptoms without a medical cause

A change in religion near the end of someone's life, often adopting a new faith

Surface Forms

conversion singular
conversions plural

Morphology

conversion = convert (transparent) = convert + ion

The financial sense (exchanging currencies/assets) is a domain-specific application but is conceptually 'changing' and follows the nominalization pattern.

Etymology

Conversion comes from the same root as convert, and the Latin parts con- and vertere meaning 'together' and 'to turn'. That is why exchanging dollars for euros is a conversion — you 'turn' one kind of money into another.