non-fungibleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

non-fungible (複数形 non-fungibles)

1. Alternative form of nonfungible
   • 2005, Alison Clarke; Paul Kohler, Property Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52:

     Roman law draws a distinction between fungibles and non-fungibles which looks superficially the same as the thing/wealth distinction but is in fact different. A thing is fungible if it is not unique, in the sense that, if lost, it could be replaced by a thing that is to all intents and purposes identical.

語源

non- +‎ fungible

形容詞

nonfungible (not comparable)

1. (chiefly property law, finance) Not fungible, not interchangeable.
   • 1880, Thomas Erskine Holland, The Elements of Jurisprudence, 12th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1916, page 107:

     Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ individually in value and cannot be exchanged indifferently one for another.

   • 2019, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Things: In Touch with the Past, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

     But the claim that love of certain sorts—romantic, maternal, filial—is nonfungible means that this emotion is directed only to the particular individuals who manifest those properties.