Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.
  • Ratable by exchange; to be estimated by what may be procured in exchange: as, the exchangeable value of goods.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.
  • adjective Available for making exchanges; ratable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be exchanged.
  • adjective finance Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective suitable to be exchanged
  • adjective capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
  • adjective capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

Etymologies

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exchange +‎ -able

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Examples

  • As a result, Liberty is shifting $551 million in long-term exchangeable debt issued by media giant Viacom Inc., along with $380 million in cash, from Liberty Entertainment to Liberty Interactive to shore up its credit position.

    Liberty Media Rethinks Spinoff Plans 2008

  • The soil's content of soluble aluminum (called "exchangeable" aluminum) is probably even more important, and the portable pH kits cannot measure this.

    Chapter 9 1981

  • In Hong Kong, Li & Fung shed 3.7% after Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings said it plans to raise up to 600 million Singapore dollars US$467 million from the sale of zero coupon bonds exchangeable into the company's shares.

    Asian Shares Drop Shri Navaratnam 2011

  • "The company and the selling shareholder have flexibility to adjust the final size of both the share offer and the exchangeable bond offer," Mr. Constantino said.

    San Miguel Seeks $850 Million From Share, Bond Sale Cris Larano 2011

  • They are adjacently and smoothly exchangeable across the spectrum of household goods.

    Matthew Yglesias » Question for Stimuskeptics 2009

  • Maybe we could design a similar retirement savings program: companies could award somewhat illiquid "retirement points" with purchases, exchangeable for benefits at some future date.

    Pseudo-currency, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Under the conditions of modernity, what is disputed is precisley the transcendent dimension of beauty, exchangeable (sc. insofar) with truth and goodness.

    Fr Lang on Beauty and the Liturgy 2009

  • CD & R and EMS valued the deal at $2.9 billion, which includes diluted shares and exchangeable units but doesn't include the assumption of $300 million in debt.

    Clayton Dubilier Set to Buy EMS Nathan Becker 2011

  • In the first step, Commerzbank raised €5.7 billion from the sale of new conditional mandatory exchangeable notes that are convertible into Commerzbank shares.

    Commerzbank Rights Issue Raises €5.3 Billion Ulrike Dauer 2011

  • In the game, the kids could earn points exchangeable either for food or for free-play time - as a result of the study design, the play time would either be with their friend or with the unfamiliar kid.

    Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Kids Will Choose Time With Friends Over Food 2010

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