exchangeable

Examples

• All

• These are fully exchangeable.

  Manny & Lo (1996)

• They require a uniform, predictable playing field with exchangeable rules, rights, and resources.

  Academic text (2008)

• The main function of any economic system is to produce and distribute exchangeable goods and services.

  Academic text (1990)

• Ability and achievement tests are seen as exchangeable.

  Academic text (2006)

• We've also got exchangeable, interchangeable ear tips.

• The main function of the free enterprise system—indeed, of any economic system—is to meet people's wants and needs for exchangeable goods and services.

  Academic text (1990)

• A person's exchange entitlement depends on the size and nature of his or her endowment, the success of direct entitlement activities that generate exchangeable goods, as well as on prices in the market where the exchange occurs.

  Academic text (2006)

• Developers and gamers alike can further capitalize on trademarked goods in games like Second Life, where products are sold for virtual currency that is, in turn, exchangeable for U.S. dollars.

  Academic text (2016)

• You can easily swap these shoes because they are exchangeable with any similar size.

• Make sure that your tickets are exchangeable for a different date if your plans change.

Synonyms

I

interchangeable

vsexchangeable

24 4.8

A person or thing you can use instead of another that still works the same

is used more generally for items that can serve the same purpose

R

replaceable

vsexchangeable

15 3.3

Someone can change it for another thing or person when needed

covers both trade and simple substitution where equal kind or value applies

C

convertible

vsexchangeable

11 4.8

Able to change into a different form or use

stresses being able to be taken by another rather than becoming a new form

F

fungible

vsexchangeable

• Specialized

5 9.2

Can be exchanged for another item of the same type, like a gold bar

is broader, applying to any item that can be traded or replaced

T

tradable

vsexchangeable

3 3.7

Can be bought or sold

focuses on being able to be taken by another or replaced rather than sale only

S

swappable

vsexchangeable

1 3.9

Can be exchanged for another of the same kind

is used broadly for items that can be taken by another for same value

S

substitutable

vsexchangeable

5.9

You can replace it with something similar without changing what it does or means

emphasizes the ability to be traded, swapped, or replaced in general use

I

interconvertible

vsexchangeable

7.7

Things that can change into each other

highlights replaceability or tradeability rather than mutual form changes

How Exchangeable

fungible

• Specialized

5 9.2

interchangeable

24 4.8

exchangeable

1 4.0

unexchangeable

1 7.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology