Nonfungible
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nonfungible is an adjective meaning (chiefly property law, finance) Not fungible, not interchangeable.
Meaning
(chiefly property law, finance) Not fungible, not interchangeable.
More Meanings
- (chiefly in the plural) Any nonfungible item.
Example Sentences
Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ individually in value and cannot be exchanged indifferently one for another.
But the claim that love of certain sorts—romantic, maternal, filial—is nonfungible means that this emotion is directed only to the particular individuals who manifest those properties.
Word Forms
- non-fungible
- nonfungibles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include non-fungible, infungible, nonexchangeable, noninterchangeable, unexchangeable, nonsubstitutable.
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