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US
/kənˈvɝtəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /kənvˈɜːtəbəl/ ]
[ UK /kənvˈɜːtəbəl/ ]
NOUN
- a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
- a car that has top that can be folded or removed
- a sofa that can be converted into a bed
ADJECTIVE
-
designed to be changed from one use or form to another
a convertible coupe
a convertible sofa -
capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
is lead really transmutable into gold?
ideas translatable into reality -
capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
convertible securities
How To Use convertible In A Sentence
- The most striking thing about the boom in issues of convertible and warrant bonds in 1987-89 was how many firms were involved.
- Police say the weapons were seized as it is suspected that they breach the 1982 Firearms Act, which prohibits the selling of readily convertible blank firing weapons.
- That should have spelled the end of the convertible, except for one thing: The open car with its sun-baked, wind-blown passengers became a symbol of youth, freedom, and sexuality.
- At last, the author issues and sums up the problem need more research about convertible bond.
- The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.
- Long gone are the days of convertible cars being expensive trinkets owned by drivers with designer sunglasses and fur coats. Times, Sunday Times
- That new white convertible is totally awesome.
- Every textile amylaceous fiber is convertible into these forms, more or less, by strong sulphuric acid. Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886
- The price of cotton for the current season's crop has been cut by almost 50 per cent following a decision by ginners to adjust the producer price due to the appreciation of the Kwacha against other convertible currencies.
- Tomson will issue zero-coupon convertible bonds to raise US $50 million, through Deutsche Bank.
