See Also: Commission(money)
COMMISSION(finance)
Commission, the(dictionary)
commission(1)(dictionary)
commission(2)(dictionary)
COMMISSION OF LUNACY(law)
Warren Commission(encyclopedia)
Hoover Commission(encyclopedia)
COMMISSION, crim(law)
Electoral Commission(encyclopedia)

commission(1) (iou)



commission noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin commissio(n-), from commiss- pa. ppl stem of committere COMMIT: see -ION.]
I.
Authority; esp. delegated authority to act in a specific capacity or manner. ME.
Ld Macaulay Dundee..had summoned all the clans which acknowledged his commission.
b. spec. Authority to act as agent for another in trade; (a) payment to an agent proportional to the amount involved in a transaction, a percentage on the amount involved. E17.
V. S. Naipaul Some of them wanted a fifteen-cent commission on every copy. W. C. Ketchum Galleries..have been known to take merchandise at no commission.
A command, an instruction. LME.
E. A. Freeman They gave him no direct commission to bind them to any consent.
A warrant conferring authority, esp. that of officers in the army, navy, and air force, above a certain rank; an office or rank conferred by such a warrant. LME.
H. Cox Commissions of inquiry are issued by the Crown. B. Chatwin The colonel had recently resigned his commission.
A body of people with delegated authority to act in a specific capacity or manner; the office or department of such a body or of a commissioner. L15.
A charge or matter entrusted to a person to perform; an order for the execution of a particular work. L16.
M. Holroyd His first commission in portraiture was to paint an old lady living in Eaton Square. J. Rathbone I have a commission to find you.
The entrusting of or of authority, a charge, etc. (to); the admitting of a warship etc. to active service. L19.
II.
The committing of or of a crime, sin, etc. LME.
An offence, crime, etc., committed. rare. M17.
Phrases: Commission of Array: see ARRAY noun 3. commission of lunacy: see LUNACY 1. commission of oy and terminer: see OY interjection2. commission of sewers: see SEWER noun1. commission of the peace (the authority given to) Justices of the Peace. High Commission: see HIGH adjective. in commission (a) in the exercise of (delegated authority); (b) (of an office) placed by warrant in the charge of a body of people, instead of the ordinary constitutional administrator; (c) (of a warship, aircraft, etc.) manned, armed, and ready for active service. on commission with payment proportional to the amount involved in a transaction, (paid) on a pro rata basis. out of commission not in service; not in working order, unable to function. override one's commission: see OVERRIDE verb. overriding commission: see OVERRIDE verb. Royal Commission a commission of inquiry or a committee appointed by the Crown at the instance of the Government. sin of commission the doing of a thing which ought not to have been done (opp. sin of omission).
Comb.: commission-agent a person who transacts business for another on commission; spec. a bookmaker; commission-officer a commissioned officer.