Fŭn'gi-ble, n.

n. [Law Lat. (res) fungibiles, probably from Lat. fungi, to discharge. “A barbarous term, supposed to have originated in the use of the words functionem recipere in the Digests.” Bouvier. “Called fungibiles, quia una alterius vice fungitur.” Taylor.]

1. (Law.) A thing which may take the place of another, as by payment in kind.
2. (pl.) (Scots Law.) Movable things which may be weighed, counted, or measured, or which consist in, or may be estimated by, weight, number, or measure. Burvill.