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(transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part. / (transitive, law, criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

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commute

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Source Word

commute

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kəˈmjuːt/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete

Japanese Meaning

金融や法の文脈では、一定期間に分割して支払うのではなく、一括して前払いすること。 / 刑法や犯罪学の文脈では、すでに科せられた刑罰を減輕する、すなわち軽減すること。

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The debtor asked the bank to commute the remaining installments into a single lump-sum payment.

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債務者は残りの分割払いを一括弁済できるよう銀行に依頼した。

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Sense（1）

to commute the daily toll for a year's pass

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Sense（2）

(transitive, law, criminology) To reduce the sentence previously given for a criminal offense.

1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading.”, in Lady Trevelyan (Hannah More Macaulay), editor, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume V, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, OCLC 1069526323:

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