COMMISSION


Meaning of COMMISSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kəmɪʃ(ə)n ]

( commissions, commissioning, commissioned)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.

The Ministry of Agriculture commissioned a study into low-input farming...

You can commission them to paint something especially for you.

...specially commissioned reports.

VERB : V n , V n to-inf , V-ed

Commission is also a noun.

He approached John Wexley with a commission to write the screenplay of the film.

N-VAR

2.

A commission is a piece of work that someone is asked to do and is paid for.

Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.

N-COUNT

3.

Commission is a sum of money paid to a salesperson for every sale that he or she makes. If a salesperson is paid on commission , the amount they receive depends on the amount they sell.

The salesmen work on commission only...

He also got a commission for bringing in new clients.

N-VAR : oft on N

4.

If a bank or other company charges commission , they charge a fee for providing a service, for example for exchanging money or issuing an insurance policy. ( BUSINESS )

Sellers pay a fixed commission fee.

N-UNCOUNT

5.

A commission is a group of people who have been appointed to find out about something or to control something.

The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.

...the Press Complaints Commission.

N-COUNT-COLL

6.

If a member of the armed forces receives a commission , he or she becomes an officer.

He accepted a commission as a naval officer.

N-COUNT

7.

If something, for example a ship or a piece of equipment, is out of commission , it is broken and cannot be used until it is repaired.

The operator expects the ship to be out of commission until the end of September.

PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v

8.

see also High Commission

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