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Realistically, it's the great truism that screenwriters are fungible, that at the end of the day a studio is not going to want to fire a movie star. And they're really not going to want to fire a star director because the director has the hand on the tiller of a ship.
John Logan

Meaning of "fungible" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUNGIBLE

From Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungī to perform.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNGIBLE

fungible  [ˈfʌndʒɪbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNGIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fungible can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FUNGIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fungibility

Fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are capable of mutual substitution. For example, since one ounce of gold is equivalent to any other ounce of gold, gold is fungible. Other fungible commodities include sweet crude oil, company shares, bonds, precious metals, and currencies. Fungibility refers only to the equivalence of each unit of a commodity with other units of the same commodity. Fungibility does not relate to the exchange of one commodity for another different commodity. The word comes from Latin fungibilis from fungi, meaning "to perform", related to "function" and "defunct".

Definition of fungible in the English dictionary

The definition of fungible in the dictionary is moveable perishable goods of a sort that may be estimated by number or weight, such as grain, wine, etc. Other definition of fungible is having the nature or quality of fungibles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUNGIBLE


able
ˈeɪbəl
cable
ˈkeɪbəl
corrigible
ˈkɒrɪdʒɪbəl
diffrangible
dɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
dirigible
dɪˈrɪdʒɪbəl
enable
ɪnˈeɪbəl
flexible
ˈflɛksɪbəl
frangible
ˈfrændʒɪbəl
illegible
ɪˈlɛdʒɪbəl
inexpungible
ˌɪnɪksˈpʌndʒɪbəl
infrangible
ɪnˈfrændʒɪbəl
intangible
ɪnˈtændʒɪbəl
label
ˈleɪbəl
mortgageable
ˈmɔːɡədʒɪbəl
possible
ˈpɒsɪbəl
reeligible
riːˈɛlɪdʒɪbəl
refrangible
rɪˈfrændʒɪbəl
stable
ˈsteɪbəl
submergible
səbˈmɜːdʒɪbəl
unintelligible
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNGIBLE

funfest
fungal
fungi
fungibility
fungible issue
fungic
fungicidal
fungicidally
fungicide
fungiform
fungistat
fungistatic
fungistatically
fungo
fungoid
fungoidal
fungosity
fungous
fungus
fungus-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNGIBLE

accessible
audible
Bible
compatible
eligible
exigible
horrible
impossible
incorrigible
incredible
ineligible
intelligible
irrefrangible
legible
negligible
responsible
tangible
terrible
untangible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of fungible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fungible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNGIBLE

Find out the translation of fungible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fungible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fungible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

互换
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fungible
570 millions of speakers

English

fungible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिमोच्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взаимозаменяемыми
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fungível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fungible
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fongible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fungible
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fungibel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

代替可能な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대체 가능
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fungible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thể thay thế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்றுப் பொருள் என்றிருப்பதால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुफ्फुस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşılanabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fungibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zamienny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взаємозамінними
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fungibile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανταλλάξιμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelijkgesteld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fungible
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fungible
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fungible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNGIBLE»

The term «fungible» is regularly used and occupies the 56.992 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNGIBLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fungible

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2 QUOTES WITH «FUNGIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fungible.
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Neil Gershenfeld
Fungible goods in economics can be extended and traded. So, half as much grain is half as much useful, but half a baby or half a computer is less useful than a whole baby or a whole computer, and we've been trying to make computers that work that way.
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John Logan
Realistically, it's the great truism that screenwriters are fungible, that at the end of the day a studio is not going to want to fire a movie star. And they're really not going to want to fire a star director because the director has the hand on the tiller of a ship.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNGIBLE»

Discover the use of fungible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fungible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business
Fungible goods are goods of a homogeneous or like nature that may be sold by weight or measure. They include goods of which any unit is treated as the equivalent of any other unit, due to its nature or its commercial use. Fungible goods ...
John Ashcroft, Janet Ashcroft, 2010
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Principles of Health Care Ethics
Proper commodities are those things that really are fungible and only instrumentally valuable; thus there is nothing wrong with treating them as fungible or as merely instrumental, because that is what they are. Wrongful commodities, on the ...
Richard Edmund Ashcroft, Angus Dawson, Heather Draper, 2007
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L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
(b) the sum of (i) the total units of originating materials and non-originating materials that are fungible materials and that were in materials inventory at the beginning of the period, and (ii) the total units of originating materials and ...
‎2003
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(ii) the total units of originating materials and non-originating materials that are fungible materials and that were received in materials inventory during that period. (2) The ratio calculated with respect to a period under subsection (1) is applied ...
Office of the Federal Register (U.S.), 2000
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Modifications to the Harmonized tariff schedule of the ...
The term “fungible good” or fungible material” means a good or material, as the case may be, that is interchangeable with another good or material for commercial purposes and the properties of which are essentially identical to such other ...
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19, Customs Duties, PT. ...
(2) The ratio calculated with respect to a period under subsection (1) is applied to the fungible materials remaining in materials inventory at the end of the period. SECTION 8. (1) Where the good is subject to a regional value-content ...
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2012
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19, Customs Duties, Pt. ...
(b) the sum of (i) the total units of originating materials and non-originating materials that are fungible materials and that were in materials inventory at the beginning of the period, and (ii) the total units of originating materials and ...
‎2010
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Security Interests in Personal Property
A question suggested by field warehousing practices, but not yet much discussed in the cases, is the validity of contract clauses (inserted, for example, in the warehousing agreement) under which goods generally regarded as non-fungible are ...
Grant Gilmore, 1999
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Market and Community: The Bases of Social Order, Revolution, ...
Where wealth is fungible into power, an oligarchy is created. Where status is fungible into power, an aristocracy-dependent state is created. Where power is fungible into status, a state-dependent aristocracy is created. Where power is fungible ...
Mark I. Lichbach, Adam B. Seligman, 2010
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Law for Business and Personal Use
Finally, some goods are fungible. Fungible means there is no difference between one unit of the goods and another. A gallon of 87-octane gasoline is the same as, or fungible with, another gallon of 87-octane gasoline. When the subject of the ...
John Adamson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNGIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fungible is used in the context of the following news items.
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LaRouche on the Greek Crisis: The Only Way Out of This Mess Is To …
The problem that Europe has to worry about, is the fact that the European debts, these gambling debts, are not fungible. Therefore, writing them ... «The People's Voice, Jul 15»
2
Obama's contraceptive mandate still rankles, but why?
In other words, money is fungible. If you're trying to insulate yourself from other people's behavior, the best you can hope to do is make sure ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Mint Exchange Service for Newly Mined Coins Rebuffs Bitcoin's …
... a premium for certain bitcoins because of their characteristics, in this case the lack of a transaction history, then bitcoin is already not fungible. «CoinTelegraph, Jul 15»
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Buying Time: 5 Time-Only Dress Watches Under $10k
... age (vintage or new), case metal (steel or precious) are generally fungible for me when it comes to these types of watches. But yes, defining a ... «Perpetuelle.com, Jul 15»
5
Stamford government struggles to obey own laws
... mayor remained optimistic about the situation. “Money is fungible,” said Martin. “I am certain there are ways around it.” alex.gecan@scni.com; ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
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5 things I wish I knew in my career's first 5 Years
Instead, it illustrates how fungible one's career path and choices actually are. In your lifetime, you may have several distinct careers. The path ... «Oregon Business News, Jul 15»
7
All Professionals Are Fungible
Cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn't survive without them. Along the same lines, there are professionals who ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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What the Jason Frasor move really means
... bullpen is super stacked. Jason Frasor moves up the relief depth chart for almost any other team. He was, apparently, fungible for the Royals. «Royals Review, Jul 15»
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The Amazing Season-and-a-Half of Justin Turner
After three years of use in a part-time starter and bench role the Mets let him go of course and then he suddenly morphed from fungible role ... «Minor League Ball, Jul 15»
10
Five Months and Counting to EMV: Are You Ready?
This fraud will disproportionately affect small and midsize merchants that sell fungible goods such as gift cards, jewelry and electronics, as well ... «Payment Week, Jul 15»

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