What is a fungible thing?

A fungible thing. 1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“I perform, I discharge a duty”) (English function) + -ible (“able to”). Originally legal term. Find similar words to fungible using the buttons below.

What does fungible mean in a sentence?

Then the whole impetus in the newsroom is to say "We have to make it better, if we don't it will become fungible." Fungible definition: (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind. See examples of FUNGIBLE used in a sentence.

Why is money fungible?

Because money's fungible! The “g” in fungible is pronounced like a “j” or like the “g” in “fudge,” though fungible things aren't always tasty. Fungible comes from a Latin phrase meaning “to serve in place of” and that's what something that's fungible does: serves in place of what it's exchanged for.