Sekirov Dictionary

commission

/kəˈmɪʃən/

noun 9
verb 3
forms 3

noun9

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
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an official group of people whose job is to deal with one special matter
- The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
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A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- The 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.
A bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.
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An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
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The thing to be done as agent for another.
- I have three commissions for the city.
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The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. — 1692
A payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.
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(slang, no longer used) A shirt or chemise.
- As from our beds, we doe oft cast our eyes, / Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, / Which is a garment shifting in condition; / And in the canting tongue is a commission.

verb3

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To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
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To place an order for (often a piece of art).
- He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
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To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.

forms

commissioned · commissioning · commissions

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