commutation

noun

/ˌkɒmjuˈteɪʃn/

/ˌkɑːmjuˈteɪʃn/

[countable, uncountable]

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(law) the act of making a punishment less severe
- a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment
(finance) the act of replacing one method of payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’, later ‘alteration’): from Latin commutatio(n-), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange’ from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. Sense (1) dates from the late 16th cent.

单词	commutation
释义	commutation noun /ˌkɒmjuˈteɪʃn/ /ˌkɑːmjuˈteɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] jump to other results (law) the act of making a punishment less severe a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment (finance) the act of replacing one method of payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’, later ‘alteration’): from Latin commutatio(n-), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange’ from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. Sense (1) dates from the late 16th cent.
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