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commutation ticket

commutation ticket noun: a pass entitling the holder to passage on a means of transportation for a number of trips or for an unlimited number during a fixed period.

Noun

commutation ticket (plural commutation tickets)

  1. A pass entitling the holder to passage on a means of transportation for a number of trips or for an unlimited number during a fixed period.
    • Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Commutation Ticket. Good for twenty rides between Vermillion and Cleveland, for Wm. T. | Shelton, or Simeon T. Shelton, as | per conditions on the back.
      J. W. CARY, Gen'l Ticket Agt.
      N.B.–Conductors will punch for each trip, and take up ticket when used up or...1873 July 16, Supreme Court of Ohio, “Motion for leave to file a petition in error to reverse the judgment of the District Court of Lorain County”, in The Law and Equity Reporter, volume 3, published...

Forms of commutation ticket

pluralcommutation tickets

Origin of commutation ticket

From commutation (“single payment substituting for a sequence of payments”) + ticket.

Questions about commutation ticket

What does commutation ticket mean?
Commutation ticket means a pass entitling the holder to passage on a means of transportation for a number of trips or for an unlimited number during a fixed period.
What part of speech is commutation ticket?
Commutation ticket is a noun.
What is the plural of commutation ticket?
The plural of commutation ticket is commutation tickets.

Words near commutation ticket in the dictionary

  1. commutate
  2. commutated
  3. commutates
  4. commutating
  5. commutation
  6. commutation ticket
  7. commutation tickets
  8. commutations
  9. commutative
  10. commutative algebra
  11. commutative algebras

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