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Definition of Commission
1. Verb. Put into commission; equip for service; of ships.
2. Noun. A special group delegated to consider some matter. "A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"
Generic synonyms: Administrative Body, Administrative Unit
Specialized synonyms: Economic And Social Council Commission, Ecosoc Commission, Blue Ribbon Commission, Blue Ribbon Committee, Board, Election Commission, Fairness Commission, Planning Commission, Conservancy, Select Committee, Subcommittee, Standing Committee, Steering Committee, Ethics Committee, Ethics Panel, Finance Committee, Politburo, Pac, Political Action Committee, Praesidium, Presidium, Zoning Commission, Jury, Panel, Vestry
Member holonyms: Commissioner, Committee Member
Derivative terms: Commissioner, Commit
3. Verb. Place an order for.
4. 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"
5. Verb. Charge with a task. "They commission him to write the letter"
6. Noun. The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions.
Generic synonyms: Authorisation, Authorization, Empowerment
Specialized synonyms: Mandate
Derivative terms: Commissioner
7. Noun. The state of being in good working order and ready for operation. ; "The motor was out of commission"
8. Noun. A group of representatives or delegates.
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Diplomatic Mission, Embassy
Derivative terms: Commissioner, Delegate, Depute, Missioner
9. Noun. A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. "The judge's charge to the jury"
Generic synonyms: Bid, Bidding, Command, Dictation
Specialized synonyms: Misdirection
Derivative terms: Charge, Charge, Commissioner
10. Noun. An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces.
Generic synonyms: Certificate, Certification, Credential, Credentials
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
11. Noun. The act of committing a crime.
Generic synonyms: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Derivative terms: Commit, Commit, Perpetrate
12. Noun. A special assignment that is given to a person or group. "His charge was deliver a message"
Generic synonyms: Assignment, Duty Assignment
Specialized synonyms: Fool's Errand, Mission Impossible, Martyr Operation, Sacrifice Operation, Suicide Mission
Derivative terms: Charge, Charge, Charge, Missioner
Definition of Commission
1. n. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
2. 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.
Definition of Commission
1. Noun. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something). ¹
2. Noun. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers. ¹
3. Noun. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function. Eg: The European Commission, The Electoral Commission, The Federal Communications Commission. ¹
4. Noun. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. Eg: Reseller commission, Finder's fee. ¹
5. Noun. the act of committing (e.g. a crime) ¹
6. Noun. The name of a service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To put into active service; as, commission a ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commission
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commission
Literary usage of Commission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1912)
"As secretary of the commission I inquired into the reason, and was informed that
the committee of the congress had decided that unless the report of the ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"ond commission is taken out, he cannot, unless there are very special circumstances,
have any property whatever; and the circumstance, that the second is a ..."
3. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1911)
"The commission came into official existence in 1906, owing, ... The first meeting
of the commission, for organization, took place at London in 1906, ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Labor, United States Office of Education (1908)
"Any vacancy occurring upon the commission from any cause shall be filled by
appointment ... A majority of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the ..."
5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"In some jurisdictions the commission is issued by the clerk, ... Waiver of
commission,—Л stipulation waiving all objections to the form of taking a ..."
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