commission

B2 Topic:Money & Finance

US /kəˈmɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #3872

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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

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

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

The city commissioned an artist to paint a mural.
4

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

David received his commission after graduating from the academy.

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1 noun · an official group of people... committee

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Forms commissionedcommissioningcommissions

Derived forms anticommissioncommissionablecommissionalcommissionarycommissioneecommissionercommissionlesscommissionshipdecommissiondiscommissionintercommissionnoncommission

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.

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European commissioun Middle English commission Old French commissiō Latin

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# commission

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 3872

## Meanings
1. An official group of people chosen to do a particular job or investigate something.
2. A payment that is a percentage of the value of something you sell.
3. To officially ask someone to do a particular job or create something.
4. An official order giving someone authority, especially a military officer.

## Examples
- The government set up a commission to study the problem.
- The salespeople work on commission, so they earn more when they sell more.
- The city commissioned an artist to paint a mural.
- David received his commission after graduating from the academy.

## Derived Forms
- anticommission
- commissionable
- commissional
- commissionary
- commissionee
- commissioner
- commissionless
- commissionship
- decommission
- discommission
- intercommission
- noncommission

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (change)
- Root: commissioun
- Root: commission
- Root: commissiō

## 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.

## AI Etymology
commission is a noun and verb. It is 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. Historical forms in the chain include *mey- (change) (Proto-Indo-European), commissioun (Middle English), commission (Old French), and commissiō (Latin). Current senses include an official group of people chosen to do a particular job or investigate something, a payment that is a percentage of the value of something you sell, and to officially ask someone to do a particular job or create something. Derived forms include anticommission, commissionable, commissional, commissionary, and commissionee.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Law & Government

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