Definitions
Interchangeable with another item of the same kind and value.
Word origin
1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“to perform, discharge a duty”) + -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term, going back to Roman law: res fungibiles (“replaceable things”).
Used in a sentence
“Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?”
“At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible.”
“The archetypical fungible is money: if I drop a £1 coin in the street it is a matter of indifference to me whether I pick up that coin or another £1 coin lying next to it.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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