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   commission

   /kəˈmɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group: "one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building" Similar taskemploymentjobworkpiece of workprojectmissionassignmentundertakingexerciseenterpriseendeavoursolutiondutychargeresponsibilityburdendated:office
   • ▪ an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced specially: "Mozart at last received a commission to write an opera"
   • ▪ a work produced in response to a commission: "in that year Zeuxis painted his most famous commission"
   • ▪ the authority to perform a task or certain duties: archaic "the divine Commission of Christ" Similar warrantlicencesanctionauthority
   • 2. a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something: "a commission was appointed to investigate the allegations" Similar committeeboardboard of commissionerscouncilpaneldirectorateadvisory bodyadvisorateconvocationdelegation
   • 3. a sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction: "foreign banks may charge a commission" Similar percentagebrokerageshareportiondividendpremiumfeeconsiderationbonusgratuitytiphonorariuminformal:cuttakewhackrake-offsliceslice of the cakepiece of the actiondivvyrare:apportionmentquantummoiety
   • 4. a warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force: "he has resigned his commission"
   • 5. the action of committing a crime or offence: "the commission of an arrestable offence" Similar perpetrationcommittingcommittalexecutionperformance

   verb

   • 1. order or authorize the production of (something): "the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792" Similar orderput in an order forplace an order forcontract forpay forauthorizerare:bespeak
   • ▪ order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something: "they commissioned an architect to manage the building project" Similar engagecontractchargeemployhirerecruitretainappointenlistco-optbooksign upauthorizeempowerdetail
   • 2. bring (something newly produced) into working condition: "we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned"
   • 3. appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force: "he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin commissio(n-), from committere ‘entrust’ (see commit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. commissionable adjective

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