1. (noun)committee, commission a specialgroup delegated to consider some matter "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
2. (noun)commission 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)
"he works on commission"
3. (noun)commission, commissioning the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
8. (noun)perpetration, commission, committal the act of committing a crime
9. (noun)mission, charge, commission a specialassignment that is given to a person or group "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
10. (verb)commission put into commission; equip for service; of ships