commission

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official group of people chosen to do a particular job or investigate something.

   The government set up a commission to study the problem.

2. 2
   noun

   A payment that is a percentage of the value of something you sell.

   The salespeople work on commission, so they earn more when they sell more.

3. 3
   verb

   To officially ask someone to do a particular job or create something.

   The city commissioned an artist to paint a mural.

4. 4
   noun

   An official order giving someone authority, especially a military officer.

   David received his commission after graduating from the academy.

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.

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