Inconvertibility

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being inconvertible; incapability of being converted into or exchanged for something else: as, the inconvertibility of bank-notes or other currency into gold or silver.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The condition of being inconvertible
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality of not being exchangeable
  • Word Usage
    "Such "currency inconvertibility insurance" could regain popularity as companies worry about emerging markets imposing foreign-exchange controls, Edith P."
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