Commute
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:17 pts7 letters
Definition of Commute
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 commute tithes into rentcharges for a sum"
- To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
"to commute the daily toll for a year's pass"
- To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.
"His prison sentence was commuted to probation."
- 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;
Noun
Anagrams of Commute
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30 words can be made from the letters in "commute":