fungible

fungible
fun·gi·ble 1 /'fən-jə-bəl/ adj [New Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungi to perform]: being something (as money or a commodity) one part or quantity of which can be substituted for another of equal value in paying a debt or settling an account
oil, wheat, and lumber are fungible commodities
fungible 2 n: something that is fungible

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

fungible
adj.
Interchangeable; describes goods that are essentially identical to one another and that can replace one another, e.g., oil, grain, or money.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


fungible
adj. Of goods or products, that they are all of a kind, not unique, and replaceable by other goods of the same kind; for example, crops are fungible while a painting by Rembrandt is not.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


fungible
A description applied to items of which each unit is identical to every other unit, such as in the case of grain, oil, or flour.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


fungible
A description applied to items of which each unit is identical to every other unit, such as in the case of grain, oil, or flour.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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