Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exchangeable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Exchangeable \Ex*change"a*ble\, a. [Cf.F. ['e]changeable.]
1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.

The officers captured with Burgoyne were
exchangeable within the powers of General Howe.
--Marshall.

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. ``An exchangeable
value.'' --J. S. Mill.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

exchangeable
adj 1: suitable to be exchanged [ant: {unexchangeable}]
2: capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of
equal value; "convertible securities" [syn: {convertible}]
[ant: {inconvertible}]
3: capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
"interchangeable parts" [syn: {interchangeable}, {similar},
{standardized}, {standardised}]


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