convertibleadj.n.

/kənˈvəːtɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < French convertible (13th cent. in Littré), < late Latin convertibilis , < convertĕre to convert v.: see -ble suffix.

A. adj.

a. That may be ‘converted’ or transposed each into the place of the other; interchangeable. Usually of terms: Equivalent, synonymous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > [adjective] > interchangeable

convertiblec1386

interchangeablea1569

commutable1649

exchangeable1651

counterchangeable1672

permutable1776

transpositionala1800

interconvertible1827

transposable1835

substitutable1925

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal in effect or equivalent

convertiblec1386

fellowa1393

equipollec1430

answerable1551

countervailable1576

equiparable1611

reciprocal1616

equiparant1625

equiponderant1629

equivalent1639

tantamount1641

equiparate1655

equipollent1664

equal1677

adequative1809

c1386 G. Chaucer Cook's Tale 31 Ffor thefte and Riot they been Conuertible.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 57 Thou demest luste and love convertible.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 21 The definition is not of any speciall testament..nor is conuertible with any speciall kinde of testament, mencioned in any part of the Ciuill lawe.

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 109 To be carnall and to be weake are convertible termes.

1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 21 [Those who] put Prelacy and Popery together as Terms convertible.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vii. 136 As the names of Roman and Christian had been once convertible, so long afterwards were those of Roman and Catholic.

b. Logic. That may be transposed by conversion n. (sense A. 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > conversion of a proposition > [adjective] > convertible or inconvertible

reciprocal1588

convertible1609

conversiblea1660

inconvertible1847

reciprocating1850

1609 Bp. J. Hall Passion-serm. 4 It is a sure and conuertible rule; Nothing was done by Christ, which was not fortolde, nothing was ever foretolde by the Prophets of Christ, which was not done.

1785 Rolliad 74 The position, therefore, is what logicians call convertible. Nothing can equal his falshood but his fairness; nothing his fairness but his falshood.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 109 But the two Terms of a Judgment are not always convertible or equivalent.

†2. Capable of being turned, or made to take a particular direction. Also figurative. Obsolete.

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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > turning or able to face any direction

turnable1483

convertible1526

versable1623

various1629

versatile1658

tropic1677

orientable1912

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. YYYii^v A wyll that was conuertible to thy grace.

1620 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 300 It is convertible (like a Wind-Mill) to all quarters at pleasure.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 77 The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.

3. Capable of being turned or applied to a particular use or purpose.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > put to specific use > able to be

ordinable1532

deputable1623

convertible1818

disponible1899

1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 98 The hide is convertible to many useful purposes.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iii. 89 Some few universal principles convertible with due modification to other instances.

4. Capable of being converted to a religion, belief, or opinion; spec. to Christianity or to a religious life.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [adjective] > capable of

transformative1673

convertible1805

1805 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 3 622 The Hindoos are difficultly convertible.

1875 R. W. Emerson Comic in Wks. (1906) III. 206 A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible.

a. Capable of being turned into something else; capable of being changed in form, condition, or properties. spec. of a motor car (see quot. 1918) (cf. sense B. 2 below.)

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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > capable of transformation

transmutablea1475

convertible1533

transfusible1661

transformable1675

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > with folding top

convertible1918

1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe ii. (R.) It is conuertible into bloude and flesh.

1694 Acc. of Sweden 11 These [trees] being generally very straight and tall, are easily convertible into timber.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 46 The collected mass of nuisance..is convertible, by the powers of vegetation, from poison to wholesome articles of food.

1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 16 The researches..have shown that heat is convertible into electricity, that electricity is convertible into magnetism, magnetism into mechanical or chemical force.

1884 Times 30 Oct. 13/5 A Waggonette convertible to Stanhope phaeton.

1918 Webster Add. Convertible a., changeable from a closed to an open style;—said of an automobile body.

1936 Branham Automobile Reference Book 15 Convertible Coupe Roadster.

1942 E. Daly House without Door (1945) xi. 120 A second-hand Ford convertible coupé.

†b. spec. Capable of assimilation; easily digestible. (Cf. convert v. 11d) Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > digestible > easily digested or light

lighteOE

subtlea1398

convertiblec1400

subtilty1528

slipper1539

well-digesteda1594

benign1638

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 75 No manere convertyble mete.

6. Capable of being converted by exchange into property of another kind; spec. of paper money, capable of being converted into specie. Also, of currency, that can be freely converted in the foreign exchange market (into gold or dollars) at a fixed price (see also quot. 1911).

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the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > other types of property

realizable1791

expendable1805

convertible1834

unliquid1858

aggregable1910

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > capable of being converted into cash

convertible1834

liquid1879

cashable1891

encashable1913

mobilizable1930

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > types of currency

manufactory1740

sound1841

soft1857

convertible1911

1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 92 By rendering paper money convertible into metallic money.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. iii. i. 457 Produce, convertible into money, according to the prices at the time.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. iii. 241 A kind of paper-currency of the mind, convertible, in due time, into the gold of truth.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 574/1 A convertible security is one which can be readily converted into money (e.g. consols), as contrasted with land or buildings.

1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) viii. 274 In July 1947..the pound sterling was made ‘convertible’ for current transactions.

1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 239 A sum of 40 million roubles a year paid in convertible currencies.

7. convertible husbandry: that which consists in a rotation of crops, whereby the pasture of one year is converted into the corn-land of another, and so on. convertible land (dialect): see quot. (Cf. Penny Cycl. II. 228.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > rotation of crops

rotation1757

course1767

succession1779

turnip-system1805

convertible husbandry1811

four-field course1842

1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. vi Admirably adapted to the convertible husbandry, as it is called.

1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 97 Convertible husbandry was quite out of the question.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 43 The greatest benefit he derived from guano, and..a regular plan for bringing all his more sterile upland into the system of Convertible husbandry by its aid.

1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. Convertible land, loamy soils.

B. n.

1. plural = Convertible things or terms: see A. 1.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent > equivalents

convertible1615

1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 368 To make truths and tales convertibles.

1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni Pref. 2 Those in whom Folly and Ignorance are convertibles.

1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 539 Publicans and most hated persons, were grown convertibles.

2. A motor car with a collapsible hood. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > car with folding top

cabriolet1896

convertible1916

soft-top1940

ragtop1952

drophead1959

1916 Sci. Amer. Oct. 14 (caption) Seven-passenger convertible (open).

1937 R. Stout Red Box vii. 110 Gerbert had climbed into a neat little convertible.

1959 Times 26 May 14/4 The car then becomes a convertible with a folding fabric head.

1966 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 14 I once compared the convertible with a mistress and a sedan with a wife.

Derivatives

conˈvertibleness n. = convertibility n.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Convertibleness,..Possibility &c. of being changed or turned.

Draft additions 1993

b. Of bonds, loan stock, etc.: that can be converted into other shares (esp. ordinary shares) or another class of stock on a preferred basis, typically within or at a predetermined time.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities > types of bond

convertible1869

yearling1911

Euroconvertible1968

muni1979

zero-coupon1979

1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 429 Of these convertible bonds $18,300 were paid off and never converted.

1908 F. Lownhaupt Investment Bonds xvii. 178 Exchange of bonds for new stock in reorganization..is a mere accident, but as a privilege of contract in convertible bonds it has become a prominent feature in many large capital creations.

1946 J. H. Prime Investment Analysis ii. 21 The implication in a convertible bond is that the investor has an opportunity to make profits while at the same time he is insured against loss.

1985 Investors Chron. 1–7 Nov. 29/1 It has lost out by being forbidden to hold convertible preference shares.

Draft additions 1993

3. A convertible bond, etc.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond

government securities1707

Sword-blade bond1707

long bond1720

government paper1774

indent1788

premium bond1820

active1835

preference bond1848

investment bond1853

mortgage bond1853

revenue bond1853

municipal bond1858

treasury-bond1858

sices1867

property bond1869

government1870

priority bond1884

municipal1888

income bonds1889

yearling1889

war baby1901

Liberty Bond1917

Liberty Loan1917

victory bond1917

corporate1922

performance bond1938

convertible1957

Eurobond1966

Euroconvertible1968

managed bond1972

muni1973

granny bond1976

bulldog bond1980

Euro1981

granny1981

strip1982

zero1982

1957 N.Y. Post 26 Mar. 18/3 A ‘convertible’ in Wall Street isn't an auto..it's ‘a bond, debenture or preferred share which may be exchanged by the owner for common stock or another security’.

1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 3/4 Where both a convertible and the underlying security are being sold the amount of the underlying security for which the convertible being sold may be converted is aggregated with sales of the underlying security.

1985 Investors Chron. 1–7 Nov. 27/1 Gilt fund managers are thinking of convertibles, which allow capital growth as well as income.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	convertible
释义	convertibleadj.n. /kənˈvəːtɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < French convertible (13th cent. in Littré), < late Latin convertibilis , < convertĕre to convert v.: see -ble suffix. A. adj. 1. a. That may be ‘converted’ or transposed each into the place of the other; interchangeable. Usually of terms: Equivalent, synonymous. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [adjective] > interchangeable convertiblec1386 interchangeablea1569 commutable1649 exchangeable1651 counterchangeable1672 permutable1776 transpositionala1800 interconvertible1827 transposable1835 substitutable1925 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal in effect or equivalent convertiblec1386 fellowa1393 equipollec1430 answerable1551 countervailable1576 equiparable1611 reciprocal1616 equiparant1625 equiponderant1629 equivalent1639 tantamount1641 equiparate1655 equipollent1664 equal1677 adequative1809 c1386 G. Chaucer Cook's Tale 31 Ffor thefte and Riot they been Conuertible. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 57 Thou demest luste and love convertible. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 21 The definition is not of any speciall testament..nor is conuertible with any speciall kinde of testament, mencioned in any part of the Ciuill lawe. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 109 To be carnall and to be weake are convertible termes. 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 21 [Those who] put Prelacy and Popery together as Terms convertible. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire vii. 136 As the names of Roman and Christian had been once convertible, so long afterwards were those of Roman and Catholic. b. Logic. That may be transposed by conversion n. (sense A. 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > conversion of a proposition > [adjective] > convertible or inconvertible reciprocal1588 convertible1609 conversiblea1660 inconvertible1847 reciprocating1850 1609 Bp. J. Hall Passion-serm. 4 It is a sure and conuertible rule; Nothing was done by Christ, which was not fortolde, nothing was ever foretolde by the Prophets of Christ, which was not done. 1785 Rolliad 74 The position, therefore, is what logicians call convertible. Nothing can equal his falshood but his fairness; nothing his fairness but his falshood. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 109 But the two Terms of a Judgment are not always convertible or equivalent. †2. Capable of being turned, or made to take a particular direction. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > turning or able to face any direction turnable1483 convertible1526 versable1623 various1629 versatile1658 tropic1677 orientable1912 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. YYYii^v A wyll that was conuertible to thy grace. 1620 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 300 It is convertible (like a Wind-Mill) to all quarters at pleasure. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 77 The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature. 3. Capable of being turned or applied to a particular use or purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > put to specific use > able to be ordinable1532 deputable1623 convertible1818 disponible1899 1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 98 The hide is convertible to many useful purposes. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iii. 89 Some few universal principles convertible with due modification to other instances. 4. Capable of being converted to a religion, belief, or opinion; spec. to Christianity or to a religious life. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [adjective] > capable of transformative1673 convertible1805 1805 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 3 622 The Hindoos are difficultly convertible. 1875 R. W. Emerson Comic in Wks. (1906) III. 206 A rogue alive to the ludicrous is still convertible. 5. a. Capable of being turned into something else; capable of being changed in form, condition, or properties. spec. of a motor car (see quot. 1918) (cf. sense B. 2 below.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > capable of transformation transmutablea1475 convertible1533 transfusible1661 transformable1675 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > with folding top convertible1918 1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe ii. (R.) It is conuertible into bloude and flesh. 1694 Acc. of Sweden 11 These [trees] being generally very straight and tall, are easily convertible into timber. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 46 The collected mass of nuisance..is convertible, by the powers of vegetation, from poison to wholesome articles of food. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 16 The researches..have shown that heat is convertible into electricity, that electricity is convertible into magnetism, magnetism into mechanical or chemical force. 1884 Times 30 Oct. 13/5 A Waggonette convertible to Stanhope phaeton. 1918 Webster Add. Convertible a., changeable from a closed to an open style;—said of an automobile body. 1936 Branham Automobile Reference Book 15 Convertible Coupe Roadster. 1942 E. Daly House without Door (1945) xi. 120 A second-hand Ford convertible coupé. †b. spec. Capable of assimilation; easily digestible. (Cf. convert v. 11d) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > digestible > easily digested or light lighteOE subtlea1398 convertiblec1400 subtilty1528 slipper1539 well-digesteda1594 benign1638 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 75 No manere convertyble mete. 6. Capable of being converted by exchange into property of another kind; spec. of paper money, capable of being converted into specie. Also, of currency, that can be freely converted in the foreign exchange market (into gold or dollars) at a fixed price (see also quot. 1911). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > other types of property realizable1791 expendable1805 convertible1834 unliquid1858 aggregable1910 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > capable of being converted into cash convertible1834 liquid1879 cashable1891 encashable1913 mobilizable1930 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [adjective] > types of currency manufactory1740 sound1841 soft1857 convertible1911 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 92 By rendering paper money convertible into metallic money. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. iii. i. 457 Produce, convertible into money, according to the prices at the time. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. iii. 241 A kind of paper-currency of the mind, convertible, in due time, into the gold of truth. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 574/1 A convertible security is one which can be readily converted into money (e.g. consols), as contrasted with land or buildings. 1948 G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) viii. 274 In July 1947..the pound sterling was made ‘convertible’ for current transactions. 1955 Ann. Reg. 1954 239 A sum of 40 million roubles a year paid in convertible currencies. 7. convertible husbandry: that which consists in a rotation of crops, whereby the pasture of one year is converted into the corn-land of another, and so on. convertible land (dialect): see quot. (Cf. Penny Cycl. II. 228.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > rotation of crops rotation1757 course1767 succession1779 turnip-system1805 convertible husbandry1811 four-field course1842 1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. vi Admirably adapted to the convertible husbandry, as it is called. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) viii. 97 Convertible husbandry was quite out of the question. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 43 The greatest benefit he derived from guano, and..a regular plan for bringing all his more sterile upland into the system of Convertible husbandry by its aid. 1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) I. Convertible land, loamy soils. B. n. 1. plural = Convertible things or terms: see A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent > equivalents convertible1615 1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 368 To make truths and tales convertibles. 1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni Pref. 2 Those in whom Folly and Ignorance are convertibles. 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 539 Publicans and most hated persons, were grown convertibles. 2. A motor car with a collapsible hood. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > car with folding top cabriolet1896 convertible1916 soft-top1940 ragtop1952 drophead1959 1916 Sci. Amer. Oct. 14 (caption) Seven-passenger convertible (open). 1937 R. Stout Red Box vii. 110 Gerbert had climbed into a neat little convertible. 1959 Times 26 May 14/4 The car then becomes a convertible with a folding fabric head. 1966 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 14 I once compared the convertible with a mistress and a sedan with a wife. Derivatives conˈvertibleness n. = convertibility n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Convertibleness,..Possibility &c. of being changed or turned. Draft additions 1993 b. Of bonds, loan stock, etc.: that can be converted into other shares (esp. ordinary shares) or another class of stock on a preferred basis, typically within or at a predetermined time. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities > types of bond convertible1869 yearling1911 Euroconvertible1968 muni1979 zero-coupon1979 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 429 Of these convertible bonds $18,300 were paid off and never converted. 1908 F. Lownhaupt Investment Bonds xvii. 178 Exchange of bonds for new stock in reorganization..is a mere accident, but as a privilege of contract in convertible bonds it has become a prominent feature in many large capital creations. 1946 J. H. Prime Investment Analysis ii. 21 The implication in a convertible bond is that the investor has an opportunity to make profits while at the same time he is insured against loss. 1985 Investors Chron. 1–7 Nov. 29/1 It has lost out by being forbidden to hold convertible preference shares. Draft additions 1993 3. A convertible bond, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond government securities1707 Sword-blade bond1707 long bond1720 government paper1774 indent1788 premium bond1820 active1835 preference bond1848 investment bond1853 mortgage bond1853 revenue bond1853 municipal bond1858 treasury-bond1858 sices1867 property bond1869 government1870 priority bond1884 municipal1888 income bonds1889 yearling1889 war baby1901 Liberty Bond1917 Liberty Loan1917 victory bond1917 corporate1922 performance bond1938 convertible1957 Eurobond1966 Euroconvertible1968 managed bond1972 muni1973 granny bond1976 bulldog bond1980 Euro1981 granny1981 strip1982 zero1982 1957 N.Y. Post 26 Mar. 18/3 A ‘convertible’ in Wall Street isn't an auto..it's ‘a bond, debenture or preferred share which may be exchanged by the owner for common stock or another security’. 1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 3/4 Where both a convertible and the underlying security are being sold the amount of the underlying security for which the convertible being sold may be converted is aggregated with sales of the underlying security. 1985 Investors Chron. 1–7 Nov. 27/1 Gilt fund managers are thinking of convertibles, which allow capital growth as well as income. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1386
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