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 Definitions of commission  [əˈmɪʃ ən]  

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Definition of 'commission' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) commission
the act of committing or giving in charge.

2.  commission
an authoritative order, charge, or direction.

3.  commission
authority granted for a particular action or function.

4.  commission
a document granting such authority.

5.  commission
a document conferring authority issued by the president of the U.S. to officers in the military services and by state governments to justices of the peace, etc.

6.  commission
the position or rank of an officer in any of the armed forces.

7.  commission
a group of persons authoritatively charged with particular functions:
a parks commission.

8.  commission
a task or matter committed to one's charge; official assignment:
The architect received a commission to design an office building.

9.  commission
the act of committing or perpetrating a crime, error, etc.

10.  commission
something that is committed.

11.  commission
authority to act as agent for another or others in commercial transactions.

12.  commission
a sum or percentage allowed to agents, sales representatives, etc., for their services.

13. (v.t.) commission
to give a commission to.

14.  commission
to authorize; send on a mission.

15.  commission
to order (a warship, military command, etc.) into readiness for active duty.

16.  commission
to give a commission or order for:
to commission a painting for the lobby.

17.  commission
in (or not in) service.

18.  commission
in (or not in) operating order.

19.  commission
Also, into commission. (of a ship) in condition for active naval service.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME (< AF) < L commissiō commencement of a contest <

Definition of 'commission' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) committee, commission
a special group 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

4. (noun) commission
the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
"put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"

5. (noun) deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission
a group of representatives or delegates

6. (noun) commission, charge, direction
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
"the judge's charge to the jury"

7. (noun) commission, military commission
an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces

8. (noun) perpetration, commission, committal
the act of committing a crime

9. (verb) mission, charge, commission
a special assignment 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

11. (verb) commission
place an order for

12. (verb) commission
charge with a task


Definition of 'commission' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) commission
a group whose job is to find an answer to a problem or a question
The Commission for Racial Equality

2.  commission
money earned by a salesperson for each sale
She earns a 20% commission.

3.  commission
on commission
paid by commission
All staff are on commission.

4.  commission
a request to create a piece of art
a new commission to paint pictures for the restaurant

5.  commission
out of commission
not working properly
The cash machine was out of commission.

6. (verb) commission
to request sb to create a piece of art
She commissioned him to paint her portrait.


Definition of 'commission' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) commission
the act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating

2. (noun) commission
the act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed

3. (noun) commission
the duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge

4. (noun) commission
a formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties

5. (noun) commission
a certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission

6. (noun) commission
a company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission

7. (noun) commission
the acting under authority of, or on account of, another

8. (noun) commission
the thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city

9. (noun) commission
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

10. (verb) commission
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

11. (verb) commission
to send out with a charge or commission


Translation of 'commission' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: money earned by a person who sells things for someone else.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kommissieloon Arabic flag Arabic: عُمولَه، سَمْسَرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: комисиона
Brazilian flag Brazilian: comissão Czech flag Czech: provize German flag German: die Vergütung
Danish flag Danish: provision; kommission Greek flag Greek: προμήθεια Spanish flag Spanish: comisión
Estonian flag Estonian: vahendustasu Farsi flag Farsi: کمیسیون؛ کارمزد Finnish flag Finnish: provisio
French flag French: commission Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַמלָה Hindi flag Hindi: दस्तूरी, दलाली, कमीशन
Croatian flag Croatian: provizija Hungarian flag Hungarian: jutalék Indonesian flag Indonesian: komisi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: umboðslaun Italian flag Italian: commissione Japanese flag Japanese: 手数料
Korean flag Korean: 커미션 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: komisiniai pinigai Latvian flag Latvian: komisijas nauda
Malay flag Malay: komisen Dutch flag Dutch: commissie Norwegian flag Norwegian: provisjon
Polish flag Polish: prowizja Persian flag Persian: کمیسیون؛ کارمزد Pashto flag Pashto: کمیسیون
Portuguese flag Portuguese: percentagem Romanian flag Romanian: co­mision Russian flag Russian: комиссионные
Slovak flag Slovak: provízia Slovenian flag Slovenian: provizija Serbian flag Serbian: provizija
Swedish flag Swedish: provision Thai flag Thai: ค่านายหน้า Turkish flag Turkish: komisyon
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 佣金 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: комісія Urdu flag Urdu: چیزیں فروخت کرنے سے حاصل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiền hoa hồng Chinese flag Chinese: 佣金

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