English-Thai Dictionary

commutation

N การสับเปลี่ยน  exchange interchange kan-sab-pian

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMUTATION

n. 1. Change; alteration; a passing from one state to another.
2. Exchange; the act of giving one thing for another; barter.
The use of money is to save the commutation of more bulky commodities.
3. In law, the change of a penalty or punishment from a greater to a less; as banishment instead of death.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMUTATION

Com `mu *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation. ]

 

1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. [R.] So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves. South.

 

2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. [Obs. ] The use of money is. .. that of saving the commutation of more bulky commodities. Arbuthnot.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment. Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance. Blackstone.

 

4. A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares;commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet. -- Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in kind. -- Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d Commute, 2.

 

COMMUTATION TICKET

COMMUTATION TICKET Com `mu *ta "tion tick "et.

 

Defn: A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif. , a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets are excepted from the prohibition against special rates contained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat. 379 ), and in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were also excepted as being "obviously within the commuting principle. "

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

commutation

com mu ta tion |ˌkämyəˈtāSHən ˌkɑmjəˈteɪʃən | ▶noun 1 action or the process of commuting a judicial sentence. • the conversion of a legal obligation or entitlement into another form, e.g., the replacement of an annuity or series of payments by a single payment. 2 the process of commutating an electric current. 3 Mathematics the property of having a commutative relation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter, ’ later ‘alteration ’): from Latin commutatio (n- ), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange ’ (see commute ). Sense 1 dates from the late 16th cent.

 

commutation ticket

com mu ta tion tick et ▶noun a ticket issued at a reduced rate by a railroad or bus company, entitling the holder to travel a given route a fixed number of times or during a specified period.

 

Oxford Dictionary

commutation

com ¦mu |ta ¦tion |kɒmjʊˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action or process of commuting a judicial sentence. • the conversion of a legal obligation or entitlement into another form, e.g. the replacement of an annuity or series of payments by a single payment. 2 the process of commutating an electric current. 3 Mathematics the property of having a commutative relation. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter ’, later ‘alteration ’): from Latin commutatio (n- ), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange ’ (see commute ). Sense 1 dates from the late 16th cent.

 

commutation ticket

com mu ta tion tick et ▶noun a ticket issued at a reduced rate by a railroad or bus company, entitling the holder to travel a given route a fixed number of times or during a specified period.

 

French Dictionary

commutation

commutation n. f. nom féminin Substitution.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

commutation

com mu ta tion /kɑ̀mjətéɪʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀m -/名詞 1 U (刑罰 債務などの )軽減 .2 U 交換 ; 転換 ; (支払い方法などの )振替 .3 U 〘電 〙整流 .4 U ｟米 ｠通勤 .～́ t ì cket ｟主に米 ｠回数 [定期 ]乗車券 .