fungible
- A quality of a substance or item, like money or a commodity, where any portion of it can be replaced with another of the same value for purposes such as settling a debt or balancing an account
- An attribute referring to an item that can have any part of it replaced with another of equal value
- Because grain is fungible, any bushel of wheat can be replaced with another one of equal quality and dollar value.
- Money is fungible, so it doesn't matter if you lose a particular bill because it can be replaced by another one of the same denomination.
- Since petroleum is fungible, any given gallon can be traded or replaced with another of identical quality and value.
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