单词 | on commission |
释义 | > as lemmason commission P6. on commission: according to the principle of commission (sense 7); (of an agent or salesperson) paid a percentage of the value involved in each transaction he or she completes; working under this system of payment. ΚΠ a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) 39 He..intended to establish a Correspondence, & obtain Goods to sell on Commission. 1821 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 18 Aug. 1/1 He will sell all kinds of Leather on Commission for Country Tanners and others. 1840 W. H. Dawson Irish Facts & Eng. Fictions 7 Absenteeism works worst when the land agent is paid on commission, and when is at the same time legal adviser to the landlord. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Mar. 11/2 The method of publication on commission, by which the publisher professed simply to charge 15 per cent. on all sales. 1952 W. Plomer Museum Pieces (1961) xi. 83 Mrs Y. made a good living by exploiting her social connexions in Europe and America to sell works of art privately on commission. 1990 Which? Oct. 546/2 Many sales staff are ‘on commission’; in a big store they might get..0.4 per cent of what they sell. 2009 New Yorker 29 June 50/1 He feared that a salesperson working on commission might say or do anything to make a sale. < as lemmas |
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