Definition of Exchangeability in English :

Define Exchangeability in English

Exchangeability meaning in English

Meaning of Exchangeability in English

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Exchangeability pronunciation in English

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Exchangeability

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Noun

1. exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeability, interchangeableness

the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange

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Exchangeability

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verb
1. (transitive)
to give up, part with, or transfer (one thing) for an equivalent
to exchange gifts
to exchange francs for dollars
2. (transitive)
to give and receive (information, ideas, etc); interchange
3. (transitive)
to replace (one thing) with another, esp to replace unsatisfactory goods
4. 
to transfer or hand over (goods) in return for the equivalent value in kind rather than in money; barter; trade
5. (transitive) chess
to capture and surrender (pieces, usually of the same value) in a single sequence of moves
noun
6. 
the act or process of exchanging
7. 
a. 
anything given or received as an equivalent, replacement, or substitute for something else
b. 
(as modifier)
an exchange student
8. 
an argument or quarrel; altercation
the two men had a bitter exchange
9. Also called: telephone exchange
a switching centre in which telephone lines are interconnected
10. 
a. 
a place where securities or commodities are sold, bought, or traded, esp by brokers or merchants
a stock exchange
a corn exchange
b. 
(as modifier)
an exchange broker
11. 
a. 
the system by which commercial debts between parties in different places are settled by commercial documents, esp bills of exchange, instead of by direct payment of money
b. 
the percentage or fee charged for accepting payment in this manner
12. 
a transfer or interchange of sums of money of equivalent value, as between different national currencies or different issues of the same currency
13. (often plural)
the cheques, drafts, bills, etc, exchanged or settled between banks in a clearing house
14. chess
the capture by both players of pieces of equal value, usually on consecutive moves
15.  lose the exchange
16.  win the exchange
17. medicine another word for transfusion (sense 2)
18. physics
a process in which a particle is transferred between two nucleons, such as the transfer of a meson between two nucleons

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Exchangeability

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verb transitiveWord forms: exˈchanged or exˈchanging
1. 
a. 
to give, hand over, or transfer (for another thing in return)
b. 
to receive or give another thing for (something returned)
2. 
to give and receive (equivalent or similar things); interchange
to exchange gifts
3. 
to give up for a substitute or alternative
to exchange honor for wealth
verb intransitive
4. 
to make an exchange; barter; trade
5.  Finance
to pass in exchange
currency that exchanges at par
noun
6. 
a giving or taking of one thing for another; trade; barter
7. 
a giving to one another of similar things
an exchange of greetings
8. 
the substituting of one thing for another
an exchange of tears for smiles
9. 
a thing given or received in exchange
10. 
a place for exchanging; esp., a place where trade is carried on in securities or commodities by brokers, merchants, etc.
a stock exchange
11.  US
a central office, or a system operated by it, providing telephone communication in a community or in part of a city
12.  Business and Finance
a. 
the payment of debts by negotiable drafts or bills of exchange, without actual transfer of money
b. 
a bill of exchange
c. 
a fee paid for settling accounts or collecting a draft, bill of exchange, etc.
d. 
an exchanging of a sum of money of one country or of a depreciated issue for the equivalent in the money of another country or of a current issue
e. 
exchange rate
f. 
difference in value between currencies
g.  [pl.]
the checks, drafts, etc. presented to a clearinghouse for exchange and settlement
adjective
13. 
exchanged; interchanged
14. 
having to do with an exchange
an exchange broker

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