official group
1 (often Commission) [C] an official group of people who have been given responsibility to control sth, or to find out about sth, usually for the government:
the European Commission * (BrE) The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison. * a commission on human rights
money
2 [U,C] an amount of money that is paid to sb for selling goods and which increases with the amount of goods that are sold:
You get a 10% commission on everything you sell. * He earned ｣2000 in commission last month. * In this job you work on commission (= are paid according to the amount you sell).
3 [U] an amount of money that is charged by a bank, etc. for providing a particular service:
One per cent commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques.
for art / music, etc.
4 [C] a formal request to sb to design or make a piece of work such as a building or a painting:
a commission to design the new parliament building
in armed forces
5 [C] an officer's position in the armed forces:
He resigned his commission when he got married.
of crime
6 [U] (formal) the act of doing sth wrong or illegal:
the commission of a crime
IDIOMS
in / out of commission available/not available to be used:
Several of the airline's planes are temporarily out of commission and undergoing safety checks.
Part of speech: verb
piece of art / music, etc.
1 to officially ask sb to write, make or create sth or to do a task for you:
[VNtoinf] She has been commissioned to write a new national anthem. * [VN] Publishers have commissioned a French translation of the book. * The survey on consumer taste was commissioned by local stores.
in armed forces
2 [usuallypassive] ~ sb (as) sth to choose sb as an officer in one of the armed forces:
[VN] She was commissioned in 1992. * [VN-N] He has just been commissioned (as a) pilot officer.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of commission come from?
This entry for commission is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is commission a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, commission is tagged as noun.
Does commission appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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