COMMISSION

vt to send out with a charge or commission.

2. commission ·noun the acting under authority of, or on account of, another.

3. commission ·noun the duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

4. commission ·noun the act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

5. commission ·noun the thing to be done as agent for another; as, i have three commissions for the city.

6. commission ·noun a certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.

7. commission ·noun the act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

8. commission ·noun a company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.

9. commission ·noun a formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.

10. commission ·noun the brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. ·see del credere.

11. commission ·vt to give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.