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Meaning of 'commission' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Commission [ n.]
- The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
- The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
- The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
- A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
- A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
- A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
- The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
- The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
- The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
2 . Commission [ v. t.]
- To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.
- To send out with a charge or commission.

Meaning of 'commission' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . commission [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
Example in sentence:
  • a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
Meaning (2):
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
Example in sentence:
  • a confidential mission to London;
  • his charge was deliver a message
Meaning (3):
- 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)
Example in sentence:
  • he works on commission
Meaning (4):
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
Example in sentence:
  • put the ships into commission;
  • the motor was out of commission
Meaning (5):
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Example in sentence:
  • the judge's charge to the jury

Nearby Words:

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