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- Dictionarycommission/kəˈmɪʃn/
noun
- 1. an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group: "one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building" Similar
- 2. 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" Similar
verb
- 1. order or authorize the production of (something): "the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792" Similar
- 2. bring (something newly produced) into working condition: "we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned"
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COMMISSION definition: 1. to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece…. Learn more.
noun. com· mis· sion kə-ˈmi-shən. plural commissions. Synonyms of commission. 1. a. : a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties. b. : a certificate conferring military rank and authority. also : the rank and authority so conferred. received a lieutenant's commission in the army. 2. a.
The word commission has several very different meanings, but in its most basic meaning, commission is the act of passing a responsibility to someone else. If you receive a government commission, that means you have been assigned a task by the government.
n. 1. a. The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty. b. The authority so granted. c. The matter or task so authorized: Investigation of fraud was their commission. d. A document conferring such authorization. 2. a.
noun. us / kəˈmɪʃ. ə n / uk / kəˈmɪʃ. ə n / commission noun (GROUP) [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the problem exists: commission on a commission on alcohol abuse / racial tension.
If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
commission. noun. /kəˈmɪʃn/ Idioms. official group. (often Commission) [countable] an official group of people who have been given responsibility to control something, or to find out about something, usually for the government. The commission is expected to report its findings next month.
noun. the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority. an authoritative order, charge, or direction. authority granted for a particular action or function. a document granting such authority.
to officially ask somebody to write, make or create something or to do a task for you. commission somebody to do something She has been commissioned to write a new national anthem. commission something to commission a study/report. a specially commissioned piece of music.
commission noun (MONEY) a payment given to someone when they sell something, which is directly related to the amount they sell: The staff receive 5% commission on everything that they sell. Many salesmen work on commission.
