commute
Meanings
verb
- To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen
- To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
- To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
- To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
- To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;
- Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.
noun
- A regular journey between two places, typically home and work.
- The route, time or distance of that journey.
verb
- To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
- To regularly travel from one place to another using public transport.
- To journey, to make a journey
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūtō.
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