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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

... turned the searchlight on all matters Oriental; and the boss system merged in straight industrial unionism. You still go to a boss to get your gangs of workmen; but the boss is secretary of a benevolent association; and if he takes any higher toll than an employment agent's commission, the immigration department has never been able to detect it. "I have no hesitation in saying," declared an immigration official, "that for four years there has not been a case of boss slavery that could be proved in the courts. ...

— The Canadian Commonwealth • Agnes C. Laut

... so palpably natural as yours, keeps the account, I care not for my arithmetic.—Fly now,—bid the servants give you any refreshment you chuse; then hasten to execute your commission. ...

— John Bull - The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts • George Colman

... far from here," replied McPhearson. "A rich old gentleman who is a clock collector lives there all alone with enough servants to man a warship. You may be sure our shoe leather will not be wasted, for none of his clocks are ever out of commission because ...

— Christopher and the Clockmakers • Sara Ware Bassett

... object. He had undertaken to manage this business, and he expected to make at least a commission out of it. His plan was to pay Maggie fifty or a hundred dollars of the reward, and keep the rest himself. It was not probable that the barber,—who was ill at the time,—or his family, had read the newspapers, and it was ...

— Make or Break - or, The Rich Man's Daughter • Oliver Optic

... system they stop there, even though there's nothing on Lharillis except a landing field and some concrete bunkers filled with robot mining machinery. They'll stop there on the way out of this system—and that's where you come in. We need you on board, to put the radiation counter out of commission." ...

— The Colors of Space • Marion Zimmer Bradley

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