Definitions for commission

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commission com·mis·sion

Spelling: [kuh-mish-uh n]

IPA: /kəˈmɪʃ ən/

Commission is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in commission (ciimmnooss).

Definitions for commission

noun

1. the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
2. an authoritative order, charge, or direction.
3. authority granted for a particular action or function.
4. a document granting such authority.
5. a document conferring authority issued by the president of the U.S. to officers in the Army, Navy, and other military services, and by state governments to justices of the peace and others.
6. the power thus granted.
7. the position or rank of an officer in any of the armed forces.
8. a group of persons authoritatively charged with particular functions:
9. the condition of being placed under special authoritative responsibility or charge.
10. a task or matter committed to one's charge; official assignment:
11. the act of committing or perpetrating a crime, error, etc.:
12. something that is committed:
13. authority to act as agent for another or others in commercial transactions.
14. a sum or percentage of what has been paid that is allowed to agents, sales representatives, etc., for their services:

Idioms

1. in commission, in service. in operating order: Also, into commission. Navy. (of a ship) manned and in condition for or ordered to active service.
2. on commission, paid entirely or partially with commissions from sales one has made or for work one has done:
3. out of commission, not in service: not in operating order:

verb (used with object)

1. to give a commission to:
2. to authorize; send on a mission:
3. to give the order that places a warship, military command, etc., in a state of complete readiness for active duty.
4. to give a commission or order for:

Origin of commission

1300-50; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin commissiōn- (stem of commissiō) a committing. See com-, mission, commit

Examples for commission

Lady Sarah gave her maid some commission, which took her out of the room.

An' you don't want me to work a commission for you on Diablo?

Then she arranged with a New York house to sell her models on commission.

Wilson would be out of commission for several months, probably.

Our awesome booking agency, High Road Touring, takes a commission for booking the tour.

Teague and two other commission inspectors would now handle the job, Wright was told.

It would cost me my commission if I should try to do what you have done.'

“The commission did not instruct Mr. Wright to approve inaccurate wellbore completion reports,” according to the letter.

He worked in the industry for a while, then took a job as a prison guard before being hired by the commission in January 2012.

Our lawyer, Kia Kamran, declined his commission because he knew how much the tour was costing us.