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Commutation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Change; alteration; a passing from one state to another.

2. Exchange; the act of giving one thing for another; barter.

3. The use of money is to save the commutation of more bulky commodities.

4. In law, the change of a penalty or punishment from a greater to a less; as banishment instead of death.

5. Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance.

Commutation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.

2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.

3. The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.

4. A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.

Compensation Roget’s Thesaurus §30

N. compensation, equation, commutation, indemnification, compromise neutralization, nullification, counteraction, reaction, measure for measure, retaliation equalization, robbing peter to pay paul, set-off, offset, make-weight, casting-weight, counterpoise, ballast, indemnity, equivalent, quid pro quo, bribe, hush money, amends, counterbalance, counterclaim, cross-debt, cross-demand

V. make compensation, compensate, compense, indemnify, counteract, countervail, counterpoise, balance, outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance, set off, hedge, square, give and take, make up for, lee way, cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify, equalize, make good, redeem

Adj. compensating, compensatory, countervailing, in the opposite scale, equivalent

Adv. in return, in consideration, but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding, nevertheless, nathless, none the less, although, though, albeit, howbeit, mauger, at all events, at any rate, be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad minus, quand meme, however that may be, after all is said and done, taking one thing with another

Phr. "light is mingled with the gloom", every dark cloud has a silver lining, primo avulso non deficit alter, saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas, quantity by comparison with a standard

Substitution Roget’s Thesaurus §147

N. substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent

V. substitute, put in the place of, change for, make way for, give place to, supply the place of, take the place of, supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute, step into stand in the shoes of, jury rig, make a shift with, put up with, borrow from peter to pay paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize, commute, redeem, compound for

Adj. substituted &c, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious

Adv. instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux

Interchange Roget’s Thesaurus §148

N. interchange, # exchange, commutation, permutation, intermutation, reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement, shuffling, alternation, reciprocity, castling, hocus-pocus, interchangeableness, interchangeability, recombination, combination 48, 84, barter, tit for tat, cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock, quid pro quo

V. interchange, exchange, counterchange, bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute, give and take, return the compliment, play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock, retaliate, requite, rearrange, recombine

Adj. interchanged, substituted, reciprocal, vicarious, mutual, subdititious, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent, combinatorial, recombinant

Adv. in exchange, instead, vice versa, in place of, mutatis mutandis, in lieu of, backwards and forwards, in the stead of, by turns, in the room of, turn and turn about, faute de mieux, each in his turn, 2, everyone in his turn, complex change

Compromise Roget’s Thesaurus §774

N. compromise, commutation, composition, middle term, mezzo termine, compensation, abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession

V. compromise, commute, compound, take the mean, split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take, come to terms, submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration, patch up, bridge over, arrange, straighten out, adjust, differences, agree, make the best of, make a virtue of necessity, take the will for the deed, 1, property in general

Barter Roget’s Thesaurus §794

N. barter, exchange, scorse|, truck system, # interchange, a roland for an oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature|, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination|, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade

V. barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse|, interchange, commutate, compound for, trade, traffic, buy and sell, give and take, nundinate|, carry on a trade, ply a trade, drive a trade, be in business, be in the city, keep a shop, deal in, employ one's capital in, trade with, deal with, have dealings with, transact business with, do business with, open an account with, keep an account with, bargain, drive a bargain, make a bargain, negotiate, bid for, haggle, higgle, dicker, chaffer, huckster, cheapen, beat down, stickle, stickle for, out bid, under bid, ask, charge, strike a bargain, speculate, give a sprat to catch a herring, buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, buy low and sell high, corner the market, rig the market, stag the market

Adj. commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail

Adv. across the counter

Phr. cambio non e furto