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commission plan

A commission plan is defined as an arrangement made in which people are paid based on performance.

(noun)

An example of a commission plan is when salespeople are paid 10 percent of every sale they make.

The definition of a commission plan is a form of local government where a commission of elected people make the legislative and administrative decisions instead of a major and city council.

(noun)

An example of a commission plan is when the department heads of a city are elected to be the group that makes the administrative decisions and determines the policies for the city, instead of a major or city council.

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See commission plan in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a form of municipal government in which all legislative and administrative powers are in the hands of an elected commission (usually five or six heads of various municipal departments)

See commission plan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Municipal government in which legislative and administrative functions and powers are vested in an elected commission rather than in a mayor and city council.
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