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单词 exchangeable
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exchangeableadj.

Brit. /ᵻksˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒəbl/, /ɛksˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒəbl/, U.S. /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒəb(ə)l/, /ɛksˈtʃeɪndʒəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < exchange v. + -able suffix.
1. That may be exchanged. Const. for.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > exchange > [adjective] > interchangeable
convertiblec1386
interchangeablea1569
commutable1649
exchangeable1651
counterchangeable1672
permutable1776
transpositionala1800
interconvertible1827
transposable1835
substitutable1925
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiv. 127 A mans Labour also, is a commodity exchangeable for benefit.
1778 G. Washington Let. 8 Mar. in Wks. (1834) V. 255 On condition of General Lee being declared exchangeable.
1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 638 The notes..are..not easily exchangeable.
1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light 14 In optics, the position of an object and of its image are always exchangeable.
2. exchangeable value n. value estimated by that of the goods for which a thing may be exchanged.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > value judged by price of other equivalent goods
exchangeable value1776
exchange-value1869
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. iv. 34 The principles which regulate the exchangeable value of commodities. View more context for this quotation
1821 Torrens Ess. Product. Wealth 10 Nothing but a vague and inaccurate use of language could have led to the notion that exchangeable value constitutes wealth.
1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iii. 86 It is labour which confers exchangeable value.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last 114 How good must meat be, in order to possess any exchangeable value?
3. = commutative adj. 1b. Obsolete. rare.
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1577 T. Rogers tr. S. à Geveren Of Ende of World 34 a This Arithmetical proportion Aristotle ascribeth the exchaungeable iustice.

Derivatives

exˈchangeably adv.
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the world > time > change > exchange > [adverb]
therewithc1000
in changea1387
changeably1425
interchangeably1587
exchangeably1598
in kind1638
convertibly1710
interconvertibly1811
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scambiéuole, by exchange, mutuall, exchangeablie.
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adj.1577
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