meaning of commission
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonels commission.
6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
7. The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
8. The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. To send out with a charge or commission.
Related Words
commission | commissional | commissionary | commissionate | commissioned | commissioner | commissioning | commissionnaire | commissionship |
