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exchangeable

/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl/
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Adverb:exchangeably
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exchangeable Lexical Profile

exchangeable Game Scores & Validity

• adjective

1

Capable of being traded, swapped, or given in return for something else, such as merchandise, currency, or financial securities.

Example

"Unopened items are exchangeable for store credit within thirty days of the original purchase."


2

Capable of substituting for or replacing another thing of a similar kind without altering function, value, or meaning.

Example

"The two components are completely exchangeable between the older and newer versions of the engine."


3

Denoting a sequence of random variables whose joint probability distribution remains unchanged when the order of variables is permuted (in probability and statistics).

Example

"De Finetti's theorem characterizes infinite sequences of exchangeable random variables as mixtures of independent and identically distributed sequences."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in late Middle English from the verb 'exchange' (from Anglo-French 'eschanger') and the suffix '-able', or borrowed directly from Old French 'eschangeable'.

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