nonfungible

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

non- +‎ fungible

Adjective

nonfungible (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly property law, finance) Not fungible, not interchangeable.
    • 1880, Thomas Erskine Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence, 12th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1916, page 107:
      Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ individually in value and cannot be exchanged indifferently one for another.
    • 2019, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Things: In Touch with the Past, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:
      But the claim that love of certain sorts—romantic, maternal, filial—is nonfungible means that this emotion is directed only to the particular individuals who manifest those properties.

Derived terms

Noun

nonfungible (plural nonfungibles)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) Any nonfungible item.
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