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commission
[ kuh-mish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- an authoritative order, charge, or direction.
- authority granted for a particular action or function.
- a document granting such authority.
- a document conferring authority issued by the president of the U.S. to officers in the Army, Navy, and other military services, and by state governments to justices of the peace and others.
- the power thus granted.
- the position or rank of an officer in any of the armed forces.
- a group of persons authoritatively charged with particular functions:
a parks commission.
- the condition of being placed under special authoritative responsibility or charge.
- a task or matter committed to one's charge; official assignment:
The architect received a commission to design an office building.
- the act of committing or perpetrating a crime, error, etc.:
The commission of a misdemeanor is punishable by law.
- something that is committed:
He was held accountable for his evil commissions.
- authority to act as agent for another or others in commercial transactions.
- a sum or percentage of what has been paid that is allowed to agents, sales representatives, etc., for their services:
In addition to her salary, she will get a 20 percent commission for each sale she makes.
verb (used with object)
- to give a commission to:
to commission a new graduate of a military academy with the rank of lieutenant.
- to authorize; send on a mission:
I've been commissioned by my friend overseas to find him a cheap apartment in New York.
- to give the order that places a warship, military command, etc., in a state of complete readiness for active duty.
- to give a commission or order for:
The owners commissioned a painting for the building's lobby.
commission
/ kəˈmɪʃən /
noun
- a duty or task committed to a person or group to perform
- authority to undertake or perform certain duties or functions
- a document granting such authority
- military
- a document conferring a rank on an officer
- the rank or authority thereby granted
- a group of people charged with certain duties
a commission of inquiry
- a government agency or board empowered to exercise administrative, judicial, or legislative authority See also Royal Commission
- the authority given to a person or organization to act as an agent to a principal in commercial transactions
- the fee allotted to an agent for services rendered
- the state of being charged with specific duties or responsibilities
- the act of committing a sin, crime, etc
- something, esp a sin, crime, etc, that is committed
- good working condition or (esp of a ship) active service (esp in the phrases in or into commission, out of commission )
- the head of a department of municipal government
verb
- tr to grant authority to; charge with a duty or task
- tr military to confer a rank on or authorize an action by
- tr to equip and test (a ship) for active service
- to make or become operative or operable
the plant is due to commission next year
- tr to place an order for (something)
to commission a portrait
commission
- 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.
Derived Forms
- comˈmissional, adjective
Other Words From
- com·mission·a·ble adjective
- com·mission·al adjective
- com·missive adjective
- com·missive·ly adverb
- inter·com·mission noun
- recom·mission noun verb (used with object)
- subcom·mission noun
- uncom·missioned adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of commission1
Word History and Origins
Origin of commission1
Idioms and Phrases
- in commission,
- in service.
- in operating order:
A great deal of work will be necessary to put this car in commission again.
- Also into commission. Navy. (of a ship) manned and in condition for or ordered to active service.
- on commission, paid entirely or partially with commissions from sales one has made or for work one has done:
The salespeople who are on commission earn 6 percent of the total amount they sell.
- out of commission,
- not in service:
Telephone lines were out of commission for several days after the storm.
- not in operating order:
Sorry, but I can't bake cupcakes for you while the stove is out of commission.
More idioms and phrases containing commission
see in commission ; on commission ; out of commission .Example Sentences
The commission issued a request for proposals but never awarded a contract.
Digital teams are paid on commissions, not a full-time equivalent model so the revenue is less stable or predictable — this puts any CFO or financial director on the defensive.
The commission has yet to formally award the work to any contractors.
The state commission that oversees redistricting has decided to accommodate the state’s top 12 non-English languages, which doesn’t include Somali or Oromo, and advocates worry they’ll be further shut out of the process this year without translation.
If translation is needed in another language, the commission will provide it if it gets 24 hours’ advanced notice.
Instead, the military commission proceedings are bogged down in a pre-trial phase, as it has been for the past three years.
The military commission this week was to focus on the alleged FBI infiltration of one of the defense teams.
Add to that the per diems paid for the 105 military commission personnel who attend the proceedings, which cost more than $16,000.
Facing a political backlash, they reversed course in 2011 and announced that the military commission process would be restarted.
It was from a former Railroad Commission employee who had gone to work for an oil and gas developer.
The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.
Under the pressing circumstances the military authorities pretended to be doing something there, and sent up a commission.
Richard Cromwell's parliament dissolved by commission under the great seal, at the instance of Desborough.
It stood first on the list of lines recommended p. 109for construction in the Report of the Allport Commission.
He accompanied the Prince to France, and obtained a commission in Ogilvie's regiment of foot.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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