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English
Etymology
From commutation, in this case in the sense of “a single payment substituting for a sequence of payments”, + ticket.
Noun
commutation ticket (plural commutation tickets)
- 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.
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 1877, page 638: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 expired.