Word: Commission
How to pronounce: kəˈmɪʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.
Example sentences: "He received a commission to act as an informer"
2. A group of people officially charged with a particular function.
Example sentences: "The United Nations High Commission for Refugees"
3. An amount of money, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction.
Example sentences: "Foreign banks may charge a commission"
4. A warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force.
Example sentences: "He has resigned his commission"
5. The action of committing a crime or offense.
Example sentences: "Use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Give an order for or authorize the production of (something such as a building, piece of equipment, or work of art)
Example sentences: "The portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792"
2. Bring (something newly produced, such as a factory or machine) into working condition.
Example sentences: "We had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned"
3. Appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in the armed services.
Example sentences: "He was commissioned after attending midshipman school"
Synonyms:
panel
committee
board
comission
assign
designate
perpetration
fulfilment
committal
accomplishment
commission rate
brokerage
assignment
mission
task
charge
delegate
authorization
mandate
performance
execution
authorize
empower
military commission
Derivations:
commissioned
commissioning
Commissioner
commitment
commit
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Commission in Other Languages...
Spanish: Comisión
German: Kommission
French: Commission
Italian: Commissione
Turkish: Komisyon
