COMMUTATION


Meaning of COMMUTATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkäm-yə-ˈtā-shən, -yü- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English commutacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin commutation-, commutatio, from commutare

Date: 15th century

1. : exchange , trade

2. : replacement ; specifically : a substitution of one form of payment or charge for another

3. : a change of a legal penalty or punishment to a lesser one

commutation of a death sentence

4. : an act or process of commuting

5. : the action of commutating

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.