Commission
[kə'mɪʃ(ə)n] or [kə'mɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions.
(noun.) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces.
(noun.) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; 'the judge's charge to the jury'.
(noun.) 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); 'he works on commission'.
(noun.) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; 'put the ships into commission'; 'the motor was out of commission'.
(verb.) charge with a task.
(verb.) put into commission; equip for service; of ships.
(verb.) place an order for.
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Definition
(n.) The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
(n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
(n.) The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
(n.) A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
(n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
(n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
(n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
(n.) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
(n.) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
(v. t.) To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.
(v. t.) To send out with a charge or commission.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Perpetration.[2]. Warrant of authority.[3]. Trust, charge, office, care, duty, task, employment, errand.[4]. Allowance, fee, compensation.[5]. Delegation, body of commissioners.
v. a. [1]. Authorize, empower, give a commission to.[2]. Depute, delegate, send on a commission.
Editor: Rosanne
Definition
n. act of committing: that which is committed: a writing conferring certain powers: authority: the percentage paid in a transaction to an active agent who usually incurs some pecuniary and always some moral responsibility: a body of persons appointed to perform certain duties: a warrant from the head of the state for holding various military offices whether combatant or non-combatant.—v.t. to give a commission to: to empower: to send: to appoint.—ns. Commis′sion-ag′ent Commis′sion-mer′chant a person employed to sell goods delivered to him by another (his principal) for a certain percentage—his commission or factorage; Commissionaire′ a messenger or light porter: one employed about public places and hotels to undertake light commissions.—adj. Commis′sioned.—ns. Commis′sioner one who holds a commission to perform some business: a member of a commission; Commis′sionership.—Commissioned officer one appointed by commission—in the navy the officers from the lieutenant; in the army from the ensign upwards.
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Examples
- Could you commission any friend of yours to bring me a pair, if you've no further use for 'em? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Mallard departed to execute his commission; and Serjeant Snubbin relapsed into abstraction until Mr. Phunky himself was introduced. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Is any gentleman ashamed to undertake and execute the commission? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I had not been back to Woking between getting the order and executing the commission. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now sexual morality is pretty clearly defined for the Commission. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Blandois accepted the commission with his own free elegance of manner, and swore he would discharge it before he was an hour older. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I suppose,' faltered Bella, 'that we ARE both commissioned, or we shouldn't both be here? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had a passion for the argumentative conversion of heretics, and he was commissioned by Pope Innocent III to go and preach to the Albigenses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the other hand the Corporation of New York commissioned him to paint the portrait of Lafayette, who was then visiting America. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A certain amount of baggage was allowed per man, and saddle animals were to be furnished to commissioned officers and to all disabled persons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was especially so among commissioned officers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I am commissioned to intercede for Augustus. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The house named the speaker (Mr. Norris) and myself; and, being commissioned, we went to Carlisle and met the Indians accordingly. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But we were nominated at the same time for the United States service, and both our commissions bore date May 17th, 1861. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His son began to supersede Mrs Bangham, and to execute commissions in a knowing manner, and to be of the prison prisonous, of the streets streety. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- St. Clare had just been entrusting Tom with some money, and various commissions. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You never charge me, Miss Wilfer,' said the Secretary, encountering her by chance alone in the great drawing-room, 'with commissions for home. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Laurence has commissions for me in Washington, and it will give me real satisfaction to be of service to her there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Conceivably the Governor might be induced to appoint a Commission on Moral Commissions in Cities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He gave me a commission, with full powers, and a parcel of blank commissions for officers, to be given to whom I thought fit. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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