Was it your wife Helena in the Keane painting you commissioned?
For Big Eyes, you commissioned a pair of songs by Lana Del Rey.
Testino was commissioned to create a unique piece of work inspired by the six pillars that define The Macallan.
I knew only that the hit was commissioned; the man who took the contract was a specialist.
He commissioned singer-songwriter Bob Dorough to set the multiplication tables to a rock music song.
Nor is it possible you should be commissioned to treat me thus.
He had sold an article and had been commissioned to do an interesting job.
Lady Delacour commissioned Miss Portman to go to any price she pleased.
I was commissioned by the king to apprehend the Earl of Huntingdon.
As recognition of my ability I was commissioned to write the book 'God's Anointed.'
mid-14c., "authority entrusted to someone," from Latin commissionem (nominative commissio) "delegation of business," noun of action from past participle stem of committere (see commit). Meaning "body of persons charged with authority" is from late 15c.
1660s, from commission (n.). Related: Commissioned; commissioning.
A fee paid to a broker or other financial agent for negotiating a sale. The fee is based on a percentage of the sale price.
