plural commissions
Definition of commission
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties
b
: a certificate conferring military rank and authority
also
: the rank and authority so conferred
received a lieutenant's commission in the army
b
: a formal request to produce something (especially an artistic work) in exchange for payment
… he found his footing as a Western artist when he received a commission in 1958 to create two … paintings …— William Grimes
also
: a work produced by commission
… the play was a commission of the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis … — Sharon Eberson
3a
: 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 an agent for another
executed a commission for me while he was in Singapore
4a
: a group of persons directed to perform some duty
The state set up a commission to study the proposed merger of the school districts.
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
She served on the city's water commission.
5
: an act of committing something
commission of a crime
6
: a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service
especially
: a percentage of the money received from a total paid to the agent responsible for the business
He gets a commission for each car he sells.
7
: an act of entrusting or giving authority
the commission of limited powers to the administrator
in commission
or into commission
on commission
out of commission
1
: under the authority of commissioners
2
of a ship
: ready for active service
3
: in use or in condition for use
The Internet connection is back in commission.
: with commission serving as partial or full pay for work done
an artist working on commission
1
: out of active service or use
The ferry was put out of commission because of the bad weather.
2
: out of working order
The elevator was out of commission.
commission
verbDefinition of commission (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to furnish with a commission: such as
a
: to confer a formal commission on
was commissioned lieutenant
b
: to appoint or assign to a task or function
was commissioned to do the biography
2
: to order to be made
commissioned a portrait
3
: to put (a ship) in commission
The ship was commissioned in 2004.
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The first known use of commission was in the 14th century
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