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com·mis·sion
I. \kəˈmishən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English commissioun, from Middle French commission, from Latin commission-, commissio act of bringing together, committing, from commissus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : a formal written warrant or authority granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain acts or duties
< whil'st our commission from Rome is read, let silence be commanded — Shakespeare >
< a commission jail delivery issued by the court >
< a commission to serve as notary public >
b. obsolete : a warrant conferring authority to raise and command a body of troops
c. : a certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority on officers above a certain rank; also : the rank and command so conferred
d. : a document issued to a lay worker in the Salvation Army who undertakes certain duties
2.
a. : an authorization or command to act in a prescribed manner or to perform prescribed acts or duties : instruction, charge
< the priest was a custodian of Christ's commission to his apostles. “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them” — M.W.Baldwin >
b. : an order to perform a particular task or carry out a work
< provide a young painter with a profitable commission for a portrait >
3.
a. : authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another
< had summoned all the clans which acknowledged his commission — T.B.Macaulay >
b. : a task or matter entrusted to one as agent for another
< executed a commission for me while he was in Singapore >
4.
a. : a group of persons directed to perform some duty or execute some trust : a body of commissioners
< U.N. commission to investigate differences between the two countries >
b. : a government agency having administrative, legislative, or judicial powers
< regulatory powers exercised by the Federal Trade Commission >
c. : a city council having legislative and executive functions — see commission plan
5. : the act of committing, performing, or doing (as a crime, misdeed, or other offense)
< the commission of an illegal act >
< the sins of omission and commission >
6. : a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service
< a broker receives a commission on each share of stock bought for a customer >
< a commission of 50 cents for each car washed >
especially : a percentage of the money received in a sale or other transaction paid to the agent responsible for the business
< a commission of 9 percent on each sale >
— see del credere
7. : the act of entrusting, committing, or giving authority
< the commission of limited powers to the administrator >
•
- in commission
- on commission
- out of commission
II. transitive verb
(commissioned ; commissioned ; commissioning \-sh(ə)niŋ\ ; commissions)
1. : to give a commission to or for: as
a. : to confer a formal commission on : furnish with a written commission
< officers will be commissioned upon graduation >
b. : to endow with effective right or power : authorize, empower
< judges are not commissioned to make and unmake rules at pleasure — B.N.Cardozo >
c. : to appoint to a certain task, mission, function, or duty
< commissioned to make out a deed of conveyance — Havelock Ellis >
d. : to give an order to (a person) for a work (as an art work)
< commissioned him to paint her portrait >
: order (as a work of art) made or performed
< commission a painting >
2. : to put in commission (as a ship)
Synonyms: see authorize |