Commission - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
the motor was out of commission
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something (syn: charge, direction)
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- the act of committing a crime (syn: committal, perpetration)
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group (syn: charge, mission)
verb
- place an order for
- charge with a task
Extra examples
She served on the city's water commission.
Both states set up commissions to examine their public schools.
She gets a commission for each car she sells.
The salespeople in that store all work on commission.
A portrait of the queen was commissioned.
The magazine commissioned a story about the world's best beaches.
The report on poverty was commissioned by the governor.
The king commissioned the artist to paint his portrait.
She was commissioned in the Navy as a captain.
The ship was commissioned in 2004.
Sold by commission from the makers.
He must also pay a commission, usually five percent, to his London agent.
He received a commission to paint a landscape.
The King commissioned new judges to administer justice.
I have commissioned him to do a sketch of the park for me.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: commission
he/she/it: commissions
present participle: commissioning
past tense: commissioned
past participle: commissioned
singular: commission
plural: commissions
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