convertible
adjective/kənˈvɜːtəbl/
/kənˈvɜːrtəbl/
- that can be changed to a different form or use
- a convertible sofa (= one that can be used as a bed)
- convertible currencies (= ones that can be exchanged for those of other countries)
- convertible bonds/debt/shares/stocks/securities
- convertible into/to something The bonds are convertible into ordinary shares.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryConvertible is used with these nouns:- bond
- currency
- sofa
- …
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- (of a car) having a roof that you can fold down or take off
- She drove her white convertible Mercedes with the roof down.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘interchangeable’): from Old French, from Latin convertibilis, from convertere ‘turn about’, from con- ‘altogether’ + vertere ‘turn’.
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