Meaning of Commission | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
   countable, uncountable
2. Action to commit.
3. A shirt or chemise.
   UK, obsolete, slang
4. The thing commissioned.
5. Order to a person to make some action or commission.
6. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
   countable, uncountable
7. Charge or use.
8. Commission that has asked to somebody that make it.
9. The thing to be done as agent for another.
   countable, uncountable
10. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
    countable, uncountable
11. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
    countable, uncountable
12. The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“David received his commission after graduating from West Point.”

“Let him see our commission.”

“This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majeſty's Commiſſion.”

“I have three commissions for the city.”

“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.”

“A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.”

“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.”

“[T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place.”

“the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism”

“Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.”

“Two witnesses to the assault, both patrons of the bar at the time of the incident, were also subpoenaed, but they were requested to sign a waiver of immunity, which would allow their prosecution in the event that their testimony indicated their involvement in the commission of a crime.”

“As from our beds, we doe oft cast our eyes, / Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, / Which is a garment shifting in condition; / And in the canting tongue is a commission.”

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