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Commission

noun

A special group delegated to consider some matter. Synonym: committee.

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 act of granting authority to undertake certain functions. Synonym: commissioning.

The state of being in good working order and ready for operation. "The motor was out of commission"

A group of representatives or delegates. Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission.

A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. Synonyms: charge, direction.

An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces. Synonym: military commission.

The act of committing a crime. Synonyms: committal, perpetration.

A special assignment that is given to a person or group. Synonyms: charge, mission. "His charge was deliver a message"

verb

(past & past part. commissioned; pres. part. commissioning)

Put into commission; equip for service; of ships.

Place an order for.

Charge with a task.

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"Commission" Quotes from Famous Books

... stood up and bowed. "After refusing me a commission for two years they've pushed me into what I believe they call the Feet. It's rather jolly. I haven't ...

— No Man's Land • H. C. McNeile

... because it had been the other's well-aimed rock which had put the Throg out of commission permanently, the officer was going to claim their only spoils of war as personal booty, and a hot resentment flowered in the ...

— Storm Over Warlock • Andre Norton

... lazily, with all of us resting on the warm, fragrant pine-needle beds, or mending a rent in a coat, or working on some camp task impossible of commission on ...

— The Last of the Plainsmen • Zane Grey

... having justly condemned me for my offence to suffer in this shameful manner, I thought it might be expected that I should say something here of the crime for which I die, the commission of which I do readily acknowledge, though it was attended with that circumstance of knocking down, which was sworn against me. I own I have been guilty of much wickedness, and am exceedingly troubled at the reflection it may bring upon my relations, who are all honest and reputable people. As I die ...

— Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences • Arthur L. Hayward

... paused, and jerked his thumb towards the blue and hazy space that lay below them—"the transaction would have fallen through. You have enabled me, by your prompt action, to return to Palma this evening and sign the papers connected with this affair. Good! You are therefore entitled to a commission on the profit that I shall make. I have reckoned it out. It amounts to ten thousand pesetas—a modest ...

— Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories • Henry Seton Merriman

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