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commish

/kəˈmɪʃ/

commish noun: a commissioner.

Noun

commish (countable and uncountable, plural commishes)

  1. (countable, informal) A commissioner.
    • Library commish Mary Dempsey presides over the talk, and there's an accompanying video, Staking Our Claim in Cyberspace.1994 March 11, Bill Wyman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader
    • From now on it's horsebuyin' on commish, an' you an' me on the road till we find that valley of the moon."1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon
  2. (informal) A commission.
    • Plus, I receive a little commish, so thank you.

Verb

commish (third-person singular simple present commishes, present participle commishing, simple past and past participle commished)

  1. (informal, transitive) To commission (an artist or an artwork).

Forms of commish

Noun
pluralcommishes
Verb
third-person singular presentcommishes
present participlecommishing
past participlecommished
pastcommished

Origin of commish

Shortening.

Questions about commish

What does commish mean?
Commish means a commissioner.
What part of speech is commish?
Commish can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce commish?
Commish is pronounced /kəˈmɪʃ/.
What is the plural of commish?
The plural of commish is commishes.

Words near commish in the dictionary

  1. commiserative
  2. commiseratively
  3. commiserator
  4. commiserators
  5. commiseratory
  6. commish
  7. commished
  8. commishes
  9. commishing
  10. commissaire
  11. commissaires

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