Exchangeable
[ɪks'tʃendʒəbl]
Definition
(adj.) suitable to be exchanged .
(adj.) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; 'interchangeable electric outlets' 'interchangeable parts' .
Inputed by Elizabeth--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.
(a.) Available for making exchanges; ratable.
Typist: Serena
Examples
- But though labour be the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities, it is not that by which their value is commonly estimated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Labour therefore, is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Its capital, therefore, must necessarily decay, and, together with it, the exchangeable value of the annual produce of its industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The exchangeable value of every thing must always be precisely equal to the extent of this power which it conveys to its owner. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- These rules determine what may be called the relative or exchangeable value of goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It tends, therefore, to increase the exchangeable value of the annual produce of the land and labour of the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Wages, profit, and rent, are the three original sources of all revenue, as well as of all exchangeable value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The exchangeable value of its annual produce, therefore, is likely to be diminished by every such treaty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At the same time and place, therefore, money is the exact measure of the real exchangeable value of all commodities. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Serena