commission

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid, as distinguished from a salary

   They work on commission.

2. 2
   noun

   the state of being in good working order and ready for operation

   put the ships into commission

3. 3
   noun

   An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

   David received his commission after graduating from West Point.

4. 4
   noun

   The thing to be done as agent for another.

   I have three commissions for the city.

5. 5
   noun

   A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

   the European Commission

6. 6
   noun

   A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

   a reseller's commission

7. 7
   noun

   The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

   the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism

8. 8
   verb

   To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

   James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.

Etymology

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.