commissioning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commissioning	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for commissioning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commissioning n the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions Synonym(s): commission, commissioning
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commission \Com*mis"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.