ENGLISH: commission - CREOLE: komisyon



Overview of noun commission



The noun commission has 9 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (27) committee, commission -- (a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle)

2. (1) commission -- (a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission")

3. (1) commission, commissioning -- (the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions)

4. commission -- (the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission")

5. deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission -- (a group of representatives or delegates)

6. commission, charge, direction -- (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury")

7. commission, military commission -- (an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces)

8. perpetration, commission, committal -- (the act of committing a crime)

9. mission, charge, commission -- (a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message")



Overview of verb commission



The verb commission has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (2) commission -- (put into commission; equip for service; of ships)

2. commission -- (place an order for)

3. commission -- (charge with a task)

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