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in⋅con⋅vert⋅i⋅ble

  [in-kuhn-vur-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. (of paper money) not capable of being converted into specie.
2. not interchangeable.
Origin:
1640–50; < LL inconvertibilis not alterable. See in- 3 , convertible

Related forms:
in⋅con⋅vert⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅con⋅vert⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅con⋅vert⋅i⋅bly, adverb
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in·con·vert·i·ble   (ĭn'kən-vûr'tə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Not redeemable for money in coin: inconvertible paper currency.
  2. Not able to be legally exchanged for another currency.
in'con·vert'i·bil'i·ty, in'con·vert'i·ble·ness n., in'con·vert'i·bly adv.
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Inconvertible

In`con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. inconvertibilis: cf. F. inconvertible. See In- not, and Convertible.] Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. --Walsh.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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