fun·gi·ble  (f ŭn j ə-b əl)
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adj.1. Law Returnable or negotiable in kind or by substitution, as a quantity of grain for an equal amount of the same kind of grain. 2. Interchangeable. n. often fungibles Law Something that is fungible.
[Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungī (vice), to perform (in place of).]
fun′gi·bili·ty n. |
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