fungible adj 1: of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation n 1: a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation
FUNGIBLE. A term used in the civil, French, and Scotch law, it signifies anything whatever, which consists in quantity, and is regulated by number, weight, or measure; such as corn, wine, or money.. Hein. Elem. Pand. Lib. 12, t. 1, Sec. 2;.1 Bell's Com. 225, n. 2; Ersk. Pr. Scot. Law, B. 3, t. 1, Sec. 7; Poth. Pret de Consomption, No. 25; Dict. de Jurisprudence, mot Fongible Story, Bailm, Sec. 284; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 987, 1098.