transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkä-mə-ˈser-ē-ət, especially for 3 ]
-ˈsär- noun
Etymology: New Latin commissariatus, from Medieval Latin commissarius
Date: 1779
1. : a system for supplying an army with food
2. : food supplies
3.
[Russian komissariat, from German Kommissariat, from New Latin commissariatus ]
: a government department in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946
4. : a board of commissioners