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commute
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??mju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin comm?t?.
Verb
commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)
- 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
- (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.
- (transitive, insurance, pensions) To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
- (intransitive, obsolete) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution;
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience
- He […] thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience
- (transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
- (intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.
Derived terms
- commutative
- commutation
Translations
Etymology 2
From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, eg, a month, for a single, commuted payment.
Noun
commute (plural commutes)
- A regular journey to or from a place of employment, such as work or school.
- The route, time or distance of that journey.
Translations
Verb
commute (third-person singular simple present commutes, present participle commuting, simple past and past participle commuted)
- (intransitive) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.
- (intransitive) To journey, to make a journey
- 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]:
- By one estimate, vultures either residing in or commuting into the Serengeti ecosystem during the annual migration—when 1.3 million white-bearded wildebeests shuffle between Kenya and Tanzania—historically consumed more meat than all mammalian carnivores in the Serengeti combined.
- 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]:
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “commute”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: commutent, commutes
Verb
commute
- first-person singular present indicative of commuter
- third-person singular present indicative of commuter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of commuter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of commuter
- second-person singular imperative of commuter
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swap
English
Alternative forms
- swop
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sw?p/
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English swappen (“to swap”), originally meaning "to hurl" or "to strike", the word alludes to striking hands together when making an exchange; probably from Old English *swappian, a secondary form of Old English sw?pan (“to swoop”). Cognate with German schwappen (“to swap”). Compare also Middle English swippen (“to strike, hit”), from Old English swipian (“to scourge, strike, beat, lash”), Old Norse svipa (“to swoop, flash, whip, look after, look around”). More at swipe.
Verb
swap (third-person singular simple present swaps, present participle swapping, simple past and past participle swapped)
- (transitive) To exchange or give (something) in an exchange (for something else).
- Synonyms: exchange, switch, trade
- (transitive, obsolete) To hit, to strike.
- (transitive, obsolete) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To descend or fall; to rush hastily or violently.
Synonyms
- (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): interchange, switch; See also Thesaurus:switch
- (hit, strike): bang, knock, tap; See also Thesaurus:hit
- (beat the air): flap
- (rush hastily): fly, speed, zoom; See also Thesaurus:rush
Hyponyms
- (exchange or give (something) in exchange for): hot-swap, swap in, swap out
Translations
Etymology 2
[1620] From the verb swap.
Noun
swap (plural swaps)
- An exchange of two comparable things.
- (finance) A financial derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cashflow against another stream.
- (computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
Synonyms
- (an exchange of things): barter, quid pro quo, trade
Hyponyms
- (financial derivative): credit default swap; total return swap
Derived terms
- swapsies
Related terms
- swap line
- swap meet
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English swap, swappe (“a blow, strike, lash from a whip”), from the verb (see Etymology 1 above).
Noun
swap (countable and uncountable, plural swaps)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A blow; a stroke.
References
- swap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- APWs, AWPs, WAPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, waps, wasp
Finnish
Etymology
From English swap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s??p/, [?s???p]
- IPA(key): /?s?æp/, [?s??æp]
Noun
swap
- (finance, slang) swap (financial derivative)
- (computing, slang) swap (auxiliary memory)
Declension
Synonyms
- (in finance): vaihtosopimus
Derived terms
- verbs: swapata
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