COMMISSION
Commission
A commission is a formal document issued to appoint a named person to high office or as a commissioned officer in a territory's armed forces.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Commission (document)
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commission
Noun
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- It was James Bond's commission to defeat the bad guys.
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- I have three commissions for the city.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- 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 fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- 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 .
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
- the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
Verb
- To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
- To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait.
- He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
- To put into active service; as, commission a ship.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
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