convertible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of being changed, exchanged, or treated as equivalent to another form

   Under the theory, spatial distance is convertible into temporal distance.

2. 2
   noun

   a car with a roof that can be folded down or removed

   They drove along the coast in a red convertible.

3. 3
   noun

   a bond or other security that may be exchanged for another type of security

   The investor exchanged the convertible for shares in the company.

Common collocations

• convertible bond Adjective + noun

From Old French convertible and Late Latin convertibilis, from Latin convertere, 'to turn around or transform,' plus -ibilis, 'able to be.'

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