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Definition of Commission

Commission The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer. To send out with a charge or commission. Related Definitions: Account, Act, Acting, Agent, Allowance, An, And, Another, Any, As, Authority, Authorize, Authorizing, Be, Brokerage, Business, Cent, Certain, Certificate, Charge, City, Colonel, Commanding, Commerce, Commission, Committing, Company, Conferring, Del, Doing, Done, Duties, Duty, Employment, Empower, Executed, Execution, Factor, For, Formal, Furnish, Give, Granting, Have, How, In, Interstate, Intrusted, Intrusting, Joined, Made, Military, Naval, Of, Officer, On, Or, Out, Per, Perform, Performance, Performing, Perpetrating, Person, Rank, See, Send, Shall, Some, Ten, The, Thing, Three, To, Transacting, Trust, Under, Warrant, With, Written

Commission Quotations I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. Lukas Foss Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary. Jon Porter A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing. Samuel Butler The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger. Curt Weldon I think judges have some benign power, like to say that the lights have to be turned on, the county commission has to pay the bills so you can operate the court. Judge M. Lane

Commission Translations commission in Afrikaans is opdrag, kommissie commission in Dutch is commissie, opdracht, boodschap commission in French is commissionnons, commissionnent, commissionnez commission in German is Kommission {f}, Anzahlung {f}, Auftrag {m} commission in Italian is commissione commission in Latin is mandatum commission in Norwegian is oppdrag commission in Swedish is kommission, provision, fullmakt, uppdrag

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