Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being converted.
- adjective Having a top that can be folded back or removed.
- adjective Lawfully exchangeable for gold or another currency.
- noun Something that can be converted.
- noun A convertible automobile.
- noun A convertible security.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being changed in form, substance, or condition; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable: as, iron is convertible into steel, and wood into charcoal.
- Capable of being turned into an equivalent by exchange; transformable by mutual transfer: as, bonds or scrip convertible into other securities; convertible property.
- Specifically, in banking and com., capable of being converted or changed into gold of similar amount at any time: applied to bank-notes and other forms of paper money: as, a convertible paper currency.
- Capable of being applied or turned, as to a new use.
- So constituted as to be interchangeable; equivalent in certain or all respects.
- In logic, true, or asserted to be true, after conversion or the interchange of subject and predicate. See
conversion , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
- adjective Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
converted - adjective obsolete Capable of being turned or rotated
- adjective Capable of being
exchanged orinterchanged ,reciprocal ,interchangeable - adjective finance Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually
common stock , at the holder's option - noun A
car whoseroof can be removed or folded - noun finance A hybrid
security that can be converted intostock - noun A portable computer that can be physically converted between
laptop andtablet configurations .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sofa that can be converted into a bed
- noun a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
- noun a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- adjective capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
- adjective designed to be changed from one use or form to another
- adjective capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
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Examples
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The Mini Cooper convertible is charming, but has some annoyances.
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Mini convertible is 145.6 inches long (except S and JCW are 146.2 inches long), 66.3 inches wide, 55.4 inches tall on a 97. 1-inch wheelbase.
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Advice: Buy a multisector bond fund that has a large portion of its portfolio in convertible bonds.
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Mini Cooper convertible is cute but quirky - USATODAY. com
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As of June 30, the fund had 24% of its assets in convertible bonds.
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The Mini Cooper convertible is charming, but has some annoyances.
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It also plans to raise up to € 250 million in convertible bonds.
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Japan's Elpida Memory Inc. said this month it will issue 60 billion yen (about $738 million) in convertible bonds partly to finance its capital outlays for its dynamic random access memory chip facilities.
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The Mini Cooper convertible is like a puppy in a pet shop: Oooooh, so cute!
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The Mini Cooper convertible is like a puppy in a pet shop: Oooooh, so cute!
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