COMMISSION


Meaning of COMMISSION in English

I.

noun

1 asking sb to do a piece of work for you

ADJECTIVE

▪ private , public

VERB + COMMISSION

▪ accept , get , receive

The firm will accept ~s for most types of architectural work.

During the 1940s he received ~s for several large religious paintings.

▪ give sb

2 official group asked to report on sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ international , national

▪ independent

▪ bipartisan ( AmE ), joint

▪ federal , government

▪ judicial , official , parliamentary , presidential , royal , state

▪ permanent , standing

▪ special

▪ roving

▪ election , electoral

▪ fact-finding , investigating , investigative

▪ planning

▪ truth (= to find out about human rights abuses)

VERB + COMMISSION

▪ appoint , create , establish , set up

The government has set up a joint ~ to consider the problem.

▪ chair , head , preside over

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

the ~ for racial equality

▪ ~ on

a ~ on domestic violence

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of inquiry ( BrE )

3 money for selling sth/providing a service

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , high

▪ small

▪ fixed

VERB + COMMISSION

▪ earn , get , receive

▪ pay

▪ charge

That bank charges a high ~ for overseas withdrawals.

▪ deduct

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

She earned $2 000 in ~ last month.

▪ on ~

Most of the salespeople are on ~.

▪ ~ for , ~ on

They get a 10% ~ on every encyclopedia they sell.

PHRASES

▪ on a ~ basis

to work on a ~ basis

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ specially

specially ~ed works

▪ newly , recently

PREPOSITION

▪ from

The report was ~ed from scientists in five countries.

Commission is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ architect , ↑ article , ↑ artist , ↑ composer , ↑ monument , ↑ painting , ↑ piece , ↑ poll , ↑ portrait , ↑ report , ↑ sculpture , ↑ series , ↑ study , ↑ survey , ↑ work

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