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commission

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Synonyms: ommission, comission, commision, compassion, omission, commixtion, commissive, commixion, decommission, immission, commissions

Antonyms: ommission, comission, commision, compassion, omission, commixtion, commissive, commixion, decommission, immission, commissions

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
  2. An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
    • David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
  3. The thing to be done as agent for another.
    • I have three commissions for the city.
  4. A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
    • the European Commission
    • the Electoral Commission
    • the Federal Communications Commission
    • The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
  5. A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
    • a reseller's commission
    • The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer.
  6. A bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.
  7. A payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.
  8. The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
    • the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism

Verb

  1. To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
    • James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
  2. To place an order for (often a piece of art).
    • He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
  3. To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
    • The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.

Noun

  1. A shirt or chemise.
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Taylor's Works, 1630 to this entry?)

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