Commission
Definitions
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- Action to commit.
- A shirt or chemise.
- The thing commissioned.
- Order to a person to make some action or commission.
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- Charge or use.
- Commission that has asked to somebody that make it.
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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