an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group
one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building
he received a commission to act as an informer
a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something
a commission was appointed to investigate the allegations
a sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction
foreign banks may charge a commission
he sold cosmetics on commission
a warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force
he has resigned his commission
she intended to apply for a commission in the army
the action of committing a crime or offence
the commission of an arrestable offence
the errors are of omission rather than commission
order or authorize the production of (something)
the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792
bring (something newly produced) into working condition
we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned
the aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1945
appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force
he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers