[ C ] a group of people who have been formally chosen and given the authority to get information about a problem or to perform other special duties:

[ C ] a formal request to do a special piece of work for payment:

[ C ] the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces:

[ U ] the act of doing something that is illegal or considered wrong:

[ C/U ] a system of payment based on a percentage of the value of sales or other business done, or a payment to someone working under such a system:

to choose someone to do a piece of work, or to have a piece of work done:

[ C or U ] COMMERCE a payment to someone who sells homes, products, investments, etc., which is directly related to the amount they sell, or the practice of receiving these payments:

[ C ] also Commission GOVERNMENT a group of people who have been officially chosen to examine a problem and advise on the best action to take:

[ C ] also Commission GOVERNMENT an official organization whose job is to manage a particular activity, suggest laws relating to the activity, and make certain that laws are obeyed:

COMMERCE a request to do a particular piece of work for someone:

to ask someone do a particular piece of work for you: