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Learn to pronounce com·mis·sion

/kəˈmiSHən/
noun
  1. an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people.
    "he received a commission to act as an informer"
    synonyms: task, employment, job, work, piece of work, project, mission, assignment, undertaking, exercise, enterprise, endeavor, solution, duty, charge, responsibility, burden, office
  2. a group of people officially charged with a particular function.
    "the United Nations High Commission for Refugees"
    synonyms: committee, board, board of commissioners, council, panel, directorate, advisory body, advisorate, convocation, delegation
  3. an amount of money, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction.
    "foreign banks may charge a commission"
    synonyms: percentage, brokerage, share, portion, dividend, premium, fee, consideration, bonus, gratuity, tip, honorarium, cut, take, whack, rake-off, slice, slice of the cake, piece of the action, divvy, apportionment, quantum, moiety
  4. a warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force.
    "he has resigned his commission"
  5. the action of committing a crime or offense.
    "use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony"
    synonyms: perpetration, committing, committal, execution, performance

verb
  1. give an order for or authorize the production of (something such as a building, piece of equipment, or work of art).
    "the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792"
    synonyms: order, put in an order for, place an order for, contract for, pay for, authorize, bespeak
  2. bring (something newly produced, such as a factory or machine) into working condition.
    "we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned"
  3. appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in the armed services.
    "he was commissioned after attending midshipman school"

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5 days ago · noun ; a · a group of persons directed to perform some duty. The state set up a commission to study the proposed merger of the school districts.
to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone:.
noun · the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority. · an authoritative order, charge, or direction.
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