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🪑 Able to move 📅 Can reschedule 💸 Can transfer
shiftable

shiftable

4.4
A responsibility or cost that can be passed to another person
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃɪftəbl/
: transferible
  • In some companies, tasks are shiftable among team members to balance workloads.

Examples

  • The funds are shiftable between departments.

  • The extra costs are shiftable to the customer if necessary.

  • Responsibility for the error was not shiftable and remained with the manager.

  • Is this budget shiftable to next quarter?

  • The workload is shiftable among various departments to ensure efficiency.

  • Our project resources are shiftable to accommodate team changes as needed.

  • The company's budget is shiftable from one account to another to cover unexpected expenses.

Synonyms

transferable
vsshiftable
7 3.9

Able to be given to another person, for example a ticket

is about reassignment between people, groups, or accounts
transferrable
vsshiftable
  • UK
1 3.8

You can use it in a different job, place, or situation

focuses on reassignment specifically between people, groups, or accounts
assignable
vsshiftable
  • Formal
1 6.9

Can be transferred by law to another person

is broader, applying to reassignment across people, groups, or accounts not only legal ownership

Antonyms

to retain
19 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

How Transferable

fungible
  • Specialized
5 9.2
shiftable
4.4
assigned
48 2.6

Surface Forms

shiftable positive

Morphology

shiftable = shift (transparent) = shift + able

Formed from the verb 'shift' with productive suffix '-able'; meaning 'able to be transferred or reassigned' is a direct application.

Etymology

Shiftable comes from shift 'to move' and -able 'can be'. So if a task, cost, or responsibility is shiftable, it can be moved from one person, group, or account to another.