commutable

• Bezeichnet eine rechtliche oder finanzielle Verpflichtung, die umgewandelt oder gegen etwas anderes ausgetauscht werden kann, oft gegen eine Zahlung oder eine Strafe. Auch allgemein: ersetzbar oder austauschbar.

Describes a legal or financial obligation that can be exchanged or substituted for something else, often a payment or a sentence.

1. Subject to alteration or changeC1formal

   Capable of being changed, modified, or substituted.

   Änderbar

   • The prison sentence was commutable to a fine under certain conditions.
   • Some terms in the contract are commutable if both parties agree.
   • The judge ruled that the penalty was commutable to community service.

   Synonymealterablechangeableexchangeablemodifiablemutablesubstitutablevariable

   Antonymefixedimmutableinvariableirreversiblepermanentunchangeableunmodifiable

2. Capable of being exchangedC1formal

   Able to be exchanged for another for something else that is equivalent.

   Austauschbar

   • These two currencies are not directly commutable without a conversion rate.
   • The benefits are commutable into cash payments.
   • In mathematics, certain values are commutable under specific operations.

   Synonymeequivalentexchangeableinterchangeablereplaceablesubstitutable