com·mute /kəˈmjut/
(vt.)交換,改換支付方法,減輕(vi.)補償,經常來往
commute
交換
Com·mute v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.]
1. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first =\“watery”, and the last “fiery”, than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse.\= --J. Harris
The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. --Macaulay.
Com·mute, v. i.
1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
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commute
v 1: transpose and remain equal in value; "These operators
commute with each other" [syn: transpose]
2: travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of
work and home [syn: travel back and forth]
3: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often
transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, transpose]
4: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: convert, exchange]
5: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind
or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?";
"He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
"convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange,
convert]