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noun

a system of municipal government in which all the legislative and executive powers of the city are concentrated in the hands of a commission.

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Origin of commission plan

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby commission plan

Commissioner for Local Administration, commissioner for oaths, Commission for Racial Equality, commission house, commission merchant, commission plan, commissure, commissurotomy, commit, commitment, commitment ceremony

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How to use commission plan in a sentence

For an embrace of the Simpson-Bowles commission plan for debt reduction and a streamlining of the U.S. tax codes?
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The commission plan is adapted to the city's financial problem because it fosters economy.
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Other cities which have adopted a commission plan are accomplishing equally as beneficial results.
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The running expenses of Galveston under the commission plan have been reduced one-third.
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These results have been accomplished under a commission plan by the application of common, everyday business principles.
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Immediately after the adoption of the commission plan in Des Moines the annual cost of each arc-light was reduced five dollars.
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British Dictionary definitions for commission plan

commission plan

noun

(in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members

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