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| com·mis·sion [ kə mísh'n ] |
noun (plural com·mis·sions) |
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1. fee paid to agent: a fee paid to an agent for providing a service, especially a percentage of the total amount of business transacted
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2. task: a job or task given to a person or a group, especially an order to produce a particular product or piece of work
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3. group with task: a group of people authorized to carry out a duty
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4. authority to act as agent: the authority granted to a person or organization to act as an agent for another
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5. act of committing something: the committing of something, especially a crime or other offense
  the commission of a crime
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6. authority or instruction: the authority or an instruction to do something
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formal
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7. government government group: a government agency that has judicial, administrative, or legislative powers
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8. military appointment as military officer: an appointment to the rank of officer in the armed forces, or a document conferring such a rank
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transitive verb (past and past participle com·mis·sioned, present participle com·mis·sion·ing, 3rd person present singular com·mis·sions) |
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1. assign task to somebody: to assign a duty or task to somebody
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2. order something special: to place an order for something that must be specially made or created
have commissioned a new architectural firm to design the building
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3. start up project: to bring a new project or facility into operation
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4. military make somebody officer: to confer the rank of officer on somebody in the armed forces
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5. nautical equip ship: to bring a boat into active service
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin commission-< commiss- (see commissar)] |
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| com·mis·sion·al adjective |
| com·mis·sion·ar·y adjective |
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in commission
1. in operational use or working order
2. in active service, especially as a ship
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on commission with a percentage of the value of sales being full or partial payment for the work of selling
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out of commission
1. not in operational use or working order
2. not in active service, especially as a ship
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