Commute


Definition of "Commute"

Joanne Gauthier
  Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Woodmont Realty

Same as term Commutation Right: right of a beneficiary of a life insurance policy to exchange the future installments due that beneficiary for a lump sum distribution.


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