Convertible meaning

kən-vûr'tə-bəl
Lawfully exchangeable for gold or another currency.

Dollars convertible into yen.

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Capable of being converted.

A convertible sofa bed.

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Having a top that can be folded back or removed.

A convertible automobile.

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Something that can be converted.
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A convertible automobile.
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A convertible security.
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That can be converted.
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A thing that can be converted.
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An automobile with a top, as of canvas, that can be folded back or removed.
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A bond or preferred stock that can be converted into common stock at the holder's option.
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A device that can be easily switched to another type. See convertible laptop.
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Able to be converted.
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(finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option.
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A car whose roof can be removed or folded.
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(finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock.
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A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.
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Origin of convertible

From Old French convertible

Sentence Examples

  • These proposals were acted upon: the Bank of Japan was established, and the right of issuing convertible notes given to it; and within three years of the initiation of these financial reforms, the paper currency, largely reduced in quantity, was restored to its full par value with silver, and the currency as a whole placed on a solvent basis.

  • Either it is convertible with the subject or it is not.

  • A comparison of the transformation of polymorphs leads to a twofold classification: (1) polymorphs directly convertible in a reversible manner - termed " enantiotropic " by O.

  • those in Essays on Ceremonial, p. 246) are quite inconclusive, as ` vestment ' is often a convertible term with ' chasuble '; and it does not seem to be at all conclusively established that ' vestment ' with ' alb ' mentioned separately, and ' cope ' given as an alternative, in a document with the precision and directive force of a Rubric, means more than the actual chasuble."

  • "There isn't a roof—it's a convertible," he muttered, as he turned his back to her.

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