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Noun commission has 9 senses
- committee, commission - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
--1 is a kind of administrative unit, administrative body
--1 has members: commissioner; committee member
--1 has particulars:
- commission - a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission"
--2 is a kind of fee
- commission, commissioning - the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
--3 is a kind of authorization, authorisation, empowerment
--3 has particulars: mandate
- commission - the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"
--4 is a kind of operation
- deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission - a group of representatives or delegates
--5 is a kind of organization, organisation
--5 has particulars: diplomatic mission; embassy
- commission, charge, direction - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
--6 is a kind of command, bid, bidding, dictation
--6 has particulars: misdirection
- commission, military commission - an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
--7 is a kind of certificate, certification, credential, credentials
- perpetration, commission, committal - the act of committing a crime
--8 is a kind of crime, law-breaking
- mission, charge, commission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
--9 is a kind of assignment, duty assignment
--9 has particulars:
Verb commission has 3 senses
- commission - put into commission; equip for service; of ships
--1 is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- commission - place an order for
--2 is one way to order
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- commission - charge with a task
--3 is one way to authorize, authorise, pass, clear
Sample sentence:
They commission him to write the letter
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