commission

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Etymology

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈmɪʃən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

commission (countable and uncountable, plural commissions)

  1. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
  2. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
    David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
  3. The thing to be done as agent for another.
    I have three commissions for the city.
  4. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
    the European Commission
    the Electoral Commission
    the Federal Communications Commission
    The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
    • 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
      A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
    Synonyms: committee, government body
  5. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
    a reseller's commission
    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.
    Hyponyms: (to a broker) brokerage, (to a shroff) shroffage
  6. The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
    the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
    Antonym: omission

Derived terms

Translations

body of officials

Verb

commission (third-person singular simple present commissions, present participle commissioning, simple past and past participle commissioned)

  1. (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
    James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
  2. (transitive) 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.
  3. (transitive, especially of a ship or boat) To put into active service.
    The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commissio, commissionem.

Pronunciation

Noun

commission f (plural commissions)

  1. commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: قومیسیون (komisyon)
    • Turkish: komisyon
  • → Persian: کمیسیون (komisiyon)

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