commission

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 57.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
2. noun An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

   David received his commission after graduating from West Point.

3. noun The thing to be done as agent for another.

   I have three commissions for the city.

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

   the European Commission

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

   a reseller's commission

6. noun A bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.
7. noun A payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.
8. noun The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

   the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism

Similar words

charge deputation delegation delegacy mission committee perpetration direction military commission comission

Often followed by

on of to for and in was has is

Word family

commissioned commissioner commissioners commissioning commissions