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English Dictionary: commission	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for commission
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commission n a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle Synonym(s): committee, 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" the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions Synonym(s): commission, commissioning the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission" a group of representatives or delegates Synonym(s): deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" Synonym(s): commission, charge, direction an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces Synonym(s): commission, military commission the act of committing a crime Synonym(s): perpetration, commission, committal a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" Synonym(s): mission, charge, commission v put into commission; equip for service; of ships place an order for charge with a task
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Factorage \Fac"tor*age\, n. [Cf. F. factorage.] The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a {commission}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commission \Commis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. Every commission* of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. --South. 2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. 3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. 4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. Let him see our commission. --Shak. 5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. 6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter. --Prescott. 7. (Com.) (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See {Del credere}. {Commission of array}. (Eng. Hist.) See under {Array}. {Commission of bankruptcy}, a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. {Commission of lunacy}, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. {Commission merchant}, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation. {Commission, [or] Commissioned}, {officer} (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer. {Commission of the peace}, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [Eng.] {To put a vessel into commission} (Naut.), to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp.,
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commission \Commis"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commissioned}; p. pr & vb. n. {Commissioning}.] 1. To give a commission* to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer. 2. To send out with a charge or commission. A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian land. --Dryden. Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate; constitute; ordain.