Inconvertibility

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inconvertibility \In`con*vert`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L.
     inconvertibilitas.]
     The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of
     being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as,
     the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead,
     into gold.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inconvertibility
       n : the quality of not being exchangeable; "the inconvertibility
           of their currency made international trade impossible"
           [ant: {convertibility}]