commission
/kəˈmɪʃən/
commission noun: a sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
Noun (1)
commission (countable and uncountable, plural commissions)
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
- Let him see our commission.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- I have three commissions for the city.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- the European Commission
- the Electoral Commission
- Synonyms:
- committee
- 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.
- A bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.
- Synonyms:
- spiff, percentage
- A payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- Antonyms:
- omission
Verb
commission (third-person singular simple present commissions, present participle commissioning, simple past and past participle commissioned)
- To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
- What I commissioned you to get for me, and anything you see suitable to my Tusculan villa, I should be glad if you will, as you say in your letter, procure for me, only don't put yourself to any inconvenience.1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 3
- 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.
- To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
- The 1.7 mile-long conveyor system was commissioned in November 2022, and will remove one million lorry movements from the roads around West London.2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60
Noun (2)
commission (plural commissions)
commission meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
commission in Hindi
- body of officials
- आयोग āyog, कमीशन kamīśan
- official authority
- आयोग āyog
- the thing to be done as agent for another
- आढ़त āṛhat
- fee charged
- शुल्क śulk
commission in Tamil
- fee charged
- தரகு taraku
commission in Marathi
- आयोग, कमिशन, आयोगाला
commission in Urdu
- آڑھت
More languagesFewer languages
- commission in Bengali
- কমিশন komiśon
- commission in Telugu
- అడితి aḍiti, రుసుము rusumu
- commission in Malayalam
- പ്രവൃത്തി, ന്യായസഭ, ചുമതലപ്പെടുത്തൽ, സമിതി
- commission in Kannada
- ತರಗು, ಕಡಿತ, ದಳ್ಳಾಳಿ, ದಳ್ಳಾಳಿ ರುಸುಮು
- commission in Punjabi
- ਕਮਿਸ਼ਨ
- commission in Odia
- କମିଶନ, ଆଯ଼ୋଗ, କମିଶନ୍
- commission in Nepali
- आयोग, कमिसन, आयोगले
- commission in Tagalog
- komisyon
- commission in Arabic
- لَجْنَة lajna, عُمُولَة ʕumūla
- commission in Malay
- suruhanjaya, komisi, komisyen
- commission in Indonesian
- komisi, kamsen
- commission in Persian
- کمیسیون komisiyon
- commission in Thai
- คณะกรรมการ ká-ná-gam-má-gaan
- commission in Vietnamese
- uỷ ban, hoa hồng
- commission in Myanmar
- ကော်မရှင် kauma.hrang
Examples of commission in a sentence
- the Federal Communications Commission
- The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
- This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majeſty's Commiſſion.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His...
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III)...
Synonyms of commission
Antonyms
Forms of commission
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | commissions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | commissions |
| present participle | commissioning |
| past participle | commissioned |
| past | commissioned |
Origin of commission
From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from committō + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from com- (“with”) + mittō (“to send”).
Compare Italian camicia and Romanian cămeșă.
Words formed from commission
- smish
- anticommission
- commission agent
- commissional
- commissionary
- commission bid
- commission breath
- commission de bene esse
- commissionee
- commissioner
- commissionless
- commissionship
- decommission
- discommission
- European Commission
- Great Commission
- housing commission
- intercommission
- liquor commission
- noncommission
- out of commission
- override one's commission
- royal commission
- subcommission
- trailing commission
- truth commission
- commissionable
- commissioning editor
- overcommission
- recommission
- re-commission
Phrases with commission
Words that rhyme with commission
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
- remission
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
- adposition
Questions about commission
- What does commission mean?
- Commission means a sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- What is commission in Hindi?
- Commission in Hindi is आयोग (āyog), कमीशन (kamīśan), आढ़त (āṛhat). See Commission meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use commission in a sentence?
- the Federal Communications Commission
- What part of speech is commission?
- Commission can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce commission?
- Commission is pronounced /kəˈmɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of commission?
- The plural of commission is commissions.
Words near commission in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commission (page history and authors); commission (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commission (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అడితి (Telugu) (page history and authors); commission (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commission (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commission (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commission (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commission (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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