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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kuh-mish-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɪʃ ən



Definition of commission

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "authority entrusted to someone," from Latin commissionem (nominative commissio) "delegation of business," noun of action from past participle stem of committere (see commit). Meaning "body of persons charged with authority" is from late 15c.
  • noun task, duty
  • noun share of a profit
  • noun group working together toward goal
  • verb authorize or delegate task
Example sentences :
  • Then she arranged with a New York house to sell her models on commission.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Wilson would be out of commission for several months, probably.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • An' you don't want me to work a commission for you on Diablo?
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • It would cost me my commission if I should try to do what you have done.'
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Lady Sarah gave her maid some commission, which took her out of the room.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He was earnest to finish his commission at once, and his Principal was in the same mind.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He is badly constituted for the commission of crime, for he cannot brave it out.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Because ever since there was talk of this commission I have been thinking and thinking what were you thinking—so as to help you.'
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • I gave a commission to ‘him,’ and I have been inquiring about him.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • And she thereupon asked Gerard how she was to execute this commission.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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