Lexic.us

Definition of Commutable

1. Adjective. Subject to alteration or change. "The death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment"

2. Adjective. Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent.

Definition of Commutable

1. a. Capable of being commuted or interchanged.

Definition of Commutable

1. Adjective. Capable of being commuted. ¹

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Definition of Commutable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commutable

community psychiatry community psychology community service community spirit communitywide communitywise communiversity communization communizations communize

communized communizes communizing commutabilities commutability commutable commutableness commutant commutants commutate

commutated commutates commutating commutation commutation ticket commutations commutative commutative algebra commutative group commutative justice

Literary usage of Commutable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1901)
"Your observations on Tobacco as a commutable in the taxes are certainly just & unanswerable. My acquiescence in the measure was against every general ..."

2. Focalóir gaoidhilge-sax-bhéarla, or An Irish-English dictionary: Whereof the by Edward Lhuyd, John O'Brien (1768)
"... their being commutable with each other should not deprive them of that privilege , no m»re than the consonants ; many of which are equally interchange ..."

3. Life Insurance by Abb Landis (1914)
"If he have a pension of 100 pounds net, payable at the end of each year, what is the commutable value of the pension at 21/, per cent interest? , , ..."

4. A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane) by Archibald Campbell Lawrie (1896)
"Commutable for Hs. 1У 40. 8. ... Commutable for R«. 19*10. 13. ... Commutable for Its. 14'7ii. 18. ..."

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