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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "funxíbel"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "fungibel"
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"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "helyettesíthető"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "felcserélhető"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "jafngengur"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "útskiptanlegur"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "fungibile"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "voédnačen",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "вое́дначен"
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"roman": "zámenliv",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "zamienny"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "zamienialny"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "wymienialny"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "fungível"
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"word": "fungibil"
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"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "co-mhalairteach"
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "funcìbbili"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "nahraditeľný"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "able to be substituted for something of equal value",
"word": "fungible"
}
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"word": "fungible"
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"ref": "2005, Alison Clarke, Paul Kohler, Property Law, Cambridge University Press, page 52",
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