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commutation ticket

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  1. 1. n. a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate Source: wordnet
  2. 2. A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets are excepted from the prohibition against special rates contained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat. 379), and in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were also excepted as being "obviously within the commuting principle." Source: webster
  3. 3. A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in considerationof some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., aticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips betweenneighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used bythose doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutationtickets are excepted from the prohibition against special ratescontained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb. 4, 1887 (24 Stat.379), and in 145 U. S. 263 it was held that party tickets were alsoexcepted as being "obviously within the commuting principle." Source: adambom

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