exchangeable

[ iks-cheyn-juh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being exchanged.

Other Words From

• ex·changea·bili·ty noun
• ex·changea·bly adverb
• nonex·changea·bili·ty noun
• nonex·changea·ble adjective
• unex·changea·bili·ty noun
• unex·changea·ble adjective
• unex·changea·ble·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exchangeable¹

First recorded in 1650–75; exchange + -able

Synonym Study

Exchangeable, interchangeable apply to something that may replace something else. That which is exchangeable may be exchanged for money, credit, or other purchases to the amount of the original purchase: These dishes are exchangeable if you find they are not satisfactory. Interchangeable applies to those things capable of being reciprocally put in each other's place: Standard parts are interchangeable.

Example Sentences

Some custom-fitted earplugs have exchangeable filters to give you more or less sound reduction depending on the circumstance.

From Nautilus

One of the potentials of digital currencies is the acceleration of “tokenization,” or the packaging of value into a form that is instantaneously exchangeable.

From Time

Sixty-five dollars was asked for a certificate of stock, which was exchangeable later for an acre of land.

From Project Gutenberg

They think so from the fact that money represents every exchangeable commodity of worldly goods.

From Project Gutenberg

Ten minutes of social work in one branch are exchangeable for ten minutes of social work in another.

From Project Gutenberg

My opinion is that corn can only permanently rise in its exchangeable value when the real expenses of its production increase.

From Project Gutenberg

In such a relation they constitute equal exchangeable quantities.

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