a. [ad. L. commūtābil-is subject to change, changeable, f. commūtāre to COMMUTE: see -BLE.] That may be commuted or exchanged; changeable, exchangeable; convertible into a money value: see COMMUTE.
1649. Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., III. xvii. (R.). Some things … are pious and religious, but dispensable, voluntary and commutable; such are voluntary fasts.
1794. J. Hutton, Philos. Light, etc., 37. To compare the commutable effects of heat in bodies.
1866. Rogers, Agric. & Prices, I. ii. 12. Estates … held at fixed and commutable services.
1880. Miss Bird, Japan, II. 316. Offences not commutable by fine.
