commission

/kษ™หˆmษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /K AH0 M IH1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

  2. 2

    An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

    โ€œDavid received his commission after graduating from West Point.โ€

  3. 3

    The thing to be done as agent for another.

    โ€œI have three commissions for the city.โ€

  4. 4

    A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

    โ€œThe company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.โ€

  5. 5

    A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

    โ€œThe real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer.โ€

  6. 6

    The act of committing (e.g. a crime).

    โ€œthe commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorismโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

    โ€œJames Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.โ€

  2. 2

    To place an order for (often piece of art)

    โ€œHe commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.โ€

  3. 3

    To put into active service

    โ€œThe aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commission