What is "inconvertibility"

Inconvertibility \In`con*vert`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. inconvertibilitas.] The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

n. The condition of being inconvertible

n. the quality of not being exchangeable; "the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible" [ant: convertibility]