commish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortening.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
commish (countable and uncountable, plural commishes)
- (informal, countable) A commissioner.
- 1994 March 11, Bill Wyman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Library commish Mary Dempsey presides over the talk, and there's an accompanying video, Staking Our Claim in Cyberspace.
- 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon[2]:
- From now on it's horsebuyin' on commish, an' you an' me on the road till we find that valley of the moon."
- (informal) A commission.
- Plus, I receive a little commish, so thank you.
Verb[edit]
commish (third-person singular simple present commishes, present participle commishing, simple past and past participle commished)
- (informal, transitive) To commission (an artist or an artwork).