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Fungible
(Adjective) of goods and commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature to satisfy an obligation. Exchangeable.
Example: Most tokens are fungible: that is to say, exchangeable, like for like, as with dollars or gold bars or GameStop shares.
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