Commission Definition
kə-mĭshən
commissioned, commissions
noun
commissions
An authorization to perform certain duties or tasks, or to take on certain powers.
Webster's New World
A document giving such authorization.
Webster's New World
Authority to act in behalf of another.
Webster's New World
The state of being authorized to perform certain duties or tasks.
Webster's New World
An entrusting, as of power and authority, to a person or body.
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Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- straight salary
- salary
- noncommission
verb
commissioned, commissions
To give a commission to.
Webster's New World
To give an order for (a thing to be made or done)
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To give power or authority to; authorize.
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To put (a vessel) into service.
Webster's New World
To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
Wiktionary
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idiom
in commission
- In active service. Used of a ship.
- In use or in usable condition.
American Heritage
on commission
- With a sales commission serving as full or partial recompense for the work done:
sells boats on commission.
American Heritage
out of commission
- Not in active service. Used of a ship.
- Not in use or working condition.
American Heritage
in commission
- entrusted to commissioners
- in use
Webster's New World
out of commission
- not in use
- not in fit condition for use
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Commission
- in commission
- on commission
- out of commission
- in commission
- out of commission
Origin of Commission
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From Old French commission, from Latin commissio (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”), + noun of action missio (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō, + noun of action suffix -io.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English commissioun from Latin commissiō commissiōn- from commissus past participle of committere to entrust commit
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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