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Commission   /kəmˈɪʃən/   Listen
Commission

noun
1.
A special group delegated to consider some matter.  Synonym: committee.
2.
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).
3.
The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions.  Synonym: commissioning.
4.
The state of being in good working order and ready for operation.  "The motor was out of commission"
5.
A group of representatives or delegates.  Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission.
6.
A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.  Synonyms: charge, direction.
7.
An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces.  Synonym: military commission.
8.
The act of committing a crime.  Synonyms: committal, perpetration.
9.
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)
1.
Put into commission; equip for service; of ships.
2.
Place an order for.
3.
Charge with a task.



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"Commission" Quotes from Famous Books



... houses of the legislature, or either of them, and, in case of disagreement between them with respect to the time of adjournment, to adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; to take care that the laws be faithfully executed; and to commission all officers of the United States." In most of these particulars, the power of the President will resemble equally that of the king of Great Britain and of the governor of New York. The most material points of difference are these:—First. The President will have ...
— The Federalist Papers • Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

... wrapt up in the will of God—and who, rather than fall into a single imperfection, would undergo torture and suffer a thousand deaths—will find it necessary, if they would be delivered from offending God, and from the commission of sin, to make use of the first armour of prayer, to call to mind how everything is coming to an end, that there is a heaven and a hell, and to make use of other reflections of that nature, when they find themselves assailed by temptations ...
— The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus • Teresa of Avila

... Reformer, Immorality shall maintain its ground and keep Possession of the Theatre, some other Expedients may be suggested to procure a Regulation. It might, perhaps be desirable, that a few Persons of Importance, Men of Learning, Gravity, and good Taste, might be commission'd by Authority, as a Check upon the Actors, to censure and suppress any Dramatick Entertainments that shall offend against Religion, Sobriety of Manners, or the Publick Peace; and all Persons should be encourag'd to send them such loose or profane Passages which they hear from ...
— Essay upon Wit • Sir Richard Blackmore

... banker at that moment had overheard him describing the state of the money market he would have won for himself a commission in the earth's ...
— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton

... almost to horror. This was a wretched idiot man, dressed in female attire, perfectly harmless, and kept, as a parish pauper, at an adjacent farm. He was noted for fidelity to any one who flattered him by some little commission. This ragged object presented to her the key of the padlock on the door, with the words "gone, gone, gone!" She entered, and found, to her surprise, excellent refreshment provided in the desolate house, evidently but lately deserted. ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 • Various


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