Word: Commissions
How to pronounce: kəˈmɪʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group.
Example sentences: "One of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building"
2. A group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something.
Example sentences: "A commission was appointed to investigate allegations of police violence"
3. A sum, 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 offence.
Example sentences: "The commission of an arrestable offence"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Order or authorize the production of (something)
Example sentences: "The portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792"
2. Bring (something newly produced) into working condition.
Example sentences: "We had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned"
3. Appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force.
Example sentences: "He was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers"
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:
commitment
commit
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Commissions in Other Languages...
Spanish: Comisión
German: Kommission
French: Commission
Italian: Commissione
Turkish: Komisyon
