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Definition commute

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin comm?t?.

Verb

commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)

1. 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
   1. (transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
   2. (transitive, law, criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
   3. (transitive, insurance, pensions) To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
   4. (intransitive, obsolete) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;
2. (intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

Etymology 2

From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, eg, a month, for a single, commuted payment.

Noun

commute (plural commutes)

1. A regular journey to or from a place of employment, such as work or school.
2. The route, time or distance of that journey.

Verb

commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)

1. (intransitive) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
2. (intransitive) To journey, to make a journey

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