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Commission Definition

(noun)
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an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group


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one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building

he received a commission to act as an informer

(noun)
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a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something


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a commission was appointed to investigate the allegations

(noun)
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a sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction


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foreign banks may charge a commission

he sold cosmetics on commission

(noun)
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a warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force


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he has resigned his commission

she intended to apply for a commission in the army

(noun)
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the action of committing a crime or offence


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the commission of an arrestable offence

the errors are of omission rather than commission

(verb)
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order or authorize the production of (something)


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the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792

(verb)
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bring (something newly produced) into working condition


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we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned

the aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1945

(verb)
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appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force


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he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers

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