单词 | convertibility |
释义 | convertibilityn. The quality of being convertible (in different applications of the adjective); spec. the ability of paper money to be converted to gold or of the currency of one country to be freely converted to that of another at a fixed rate. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > capability of transformation transmutability1611 transmutableness1666 convertibility1735 conversibility1784 translatability1792 transformability1875 the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > change of one kind of property to another > ability to be changed convertibility1790 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > converting into money or cash realization1753 convertibility1790 encashment1861 liquidation1909 society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [noun] > capability of being converted convertibility1809 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > convertibility of redeemability1795 convertibility1844 bankability1909 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 26 The general characteristicks of oracles were ambiguity, obscurity, and convertibility..so that one answer would agree with several..events. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 163 The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land. View more context for this quotation 1809 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 1 213 Proofs of the convertibility of the Hindoos. 1844 Peel in Times 7 May 4/3 Perfect, unlimited competition and convertibility into gold, is not a complete security against overissue. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxxii. 213 The discoveries recently made of the convertibility of one kind of force into another. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. ii. 42 The Bank Act certainly has secured the convertibility of the note. 1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) viii. 274 ‘Convertibility’ meant that any foreigners who came into possession of pounds sterling as a result of current..transactions..were to be allowed to offer them for exchange into foreign currencies. 1949 Times 10 Sept. 5/6 Since the United States is by far the most important country whose currency is convertible into gold at a fixed price, convertibility has recently come to mean convertibility either into gold or into dollars. 1959 Listener 1 Jan. 6/1 Convertibility..is..a demonstration of confidence in sterling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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