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Dictionary: in·con·vert·i·ble   (ĭn'kən-vûr'tə-bəl) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Not redeemable for money in coin: inconvertible paper currency.
  2. Not able to be legally exchanged for another currency.
inconvertibility in'con·vert'i·bil'i·ty or in'con·vert'i·ble·ness n.
inconvertibly in'con·vert'i·bly adv.

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Currency or security that cannot be freely exchanged for another, or sold for cash. An inconvertible currency is less desirable to investors than a freely Convertible currency.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
  Synonyms: unconvertible, unexchangeable
  Antonym: convertible (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: not capable of being changed into something else
  Synonym: untransmutable


 
 
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