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exchangeable, a.|ɛksˈtʃeɪndʒəb(ə)l|
[f. exchange v. + -able.]
1. That may be exchanged. Const. for.
1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxiv. 127 A mans Labour also, is a commodity exchangeable for benefit. 1778Washington Let. 8 Mar., Wks. 1834 V. 255 On condition of General Lee being declared exchangeable. 1840Tait's Mag. VII. 638 The notes..are..not easily exchangeable. 1869Tyndall Notes on Light 14 In optics, the position of an object and of its image are always exchangeable.
2. exchangeable value: value estimated by that of the goods for which a thing may be exchanged.
1776Adam Smith W.N. (1806) I. i. iv. 38 The principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commodities. 1821Torrens Product. Wealth 10 Nothing but a vague and inaccurate use of language could have led to the notion that exchangeable value constitutes wealth. 1834H. Martineau Moral iii. 86 It is labour which confers exchangeable value. 1862Ruskin Unto this Last 114 How good must meat be, in order to possess any exchangeable value?
†3. = commutative 1 b. Obs. rare.
1575T. Rogers Sec. Coming Christ 34 a, This Arithmetical proportion Aristotle ascribeth the exchaungeable iustice.
Hence exˈchangeably adv.
1598Florio, Scambiéuole, by exchange, mutuall, exchangeablie. |