commission

com·mis·sion  (k-mshn)

n.

1.

a. The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty.

b. The authority so granted.

c. The matter or task so authorized: Investigation of fraud was their commission.

d. A document conferring such authorization.

2.

a. A group of people officially authorized to perform certain duties or functions: The Federal Trade Commission investigates false advertising.

b. often Commission A ruling council within the Mafia that adjudicates family disputes and regulates family activities.

3. The act of committing or perpetrating: the commission of a crime.

4. A fee or percentage allowed to a sales representative or an agent for services rendered.

5.

a. An official document issued by a government, conferring on the recipient the rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces.

b. The rank and powers so conferred.

tr.v. com·mis·sioned, com·mis·sion·ing, com·mis·sions

1. To grant a commission to. See Synonyms at authorize.

2. To place an order for: commissioned a new symphony for the festival.

3. To put (a ship) into active service.

Idioms:

in commission

1. In active service. Used of a ship.

2. In use or in usable condition.

on commission

With a sales commission serving as full or partial recompense for the work done: sells boats on commission.

out of commission

1. Not in active service. Used of a ship.

2. Not in use or working condition.

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[Middle English commissioun, from Latin commissi, commissin-, from commissus, past participle of committere, to entrust; see commit.]

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com·mission·a·ble adj.

com·mission·al adj.

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commission [kəˈmɪʃən]

n

1. a duty or task committed to a person or group to perform

2. authority to undertake or perform certain duties or functions

3. a document granting such authority

4. (Military) Military

a.  a document conferring a rank on an officer

b.  the rank or authority thereby granted

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a group of people charged with certain duties a commission of inquiry

6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government agency or board empowered to exercise administrative, judicial, or legislative authority See also Royal Commission

7. (Business / Commerce)

a.  the authority given to a person or organization to act as an agent to a principal in commercial transactions

b.  the fee allotted to an agent for services rendered

8. the state of being charged with specific duties or responsibilities

9. the act of committing a sin, crime, etc.

10. something, esp a sin, crime, etc., that is committed

11. (Military) good working condition or (esp of a ship) active service (esp in the phrases in or into commission, out of commission)

12. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US the head of a department of municipal government

vb

1. (tr) to grant authority to; charge with a duty or task

2. (Military) (tr) Military to confer a rank on or authorize an action by

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) to equip and test (a ship) for active service

4. to make or become operative or operable the plant is due to commission next year

5. (tr) to place an order for (something) to commission a portrait

[from Old French, from Latin commissiō a bringing together, from committere to commit]

commissional , commissionary adj

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Commission in the United Kingdom, a committee or advisory body created by Royal Warrant to conduct a special enquiry; in the United States, a committee, advisory board, or governmental department.

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1. To put in or make ready for service or use, as to commission an aircraft or a ship.
2. A written order giving a person rank and authority as an officer in the armed forces.
3. The rank and the authority given by such an order. See also constitute.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	commission - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle committee administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission - a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee - an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" election commission - a commission delegated to supervise an election fairness commission - a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments conservancy - a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river select committee - a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose subcommittee - a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose standing committee - a permanent committee steering committee - a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body ethics committee, ethics panel - a committee appointed to consider ethical issues finance committee - a committee appointed to consider financial issues politburo - the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party PAC, political action committee - committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates praesidium, presidium - a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session zoning commission - a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use jury, panel - a committee appointed to judge a competition vestry - in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church commissioner - a member of a commission committee member - a member of a committee
	2.	commission - a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission" fee - a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
	3.	commission - the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions commissioning empowerment, authorisation, authorization - the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant mandate - the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
	4.	commission - the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission" operation - the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation"
	5.	commission - a group of representatives or delegates delegation, deputation, delegacy, mission organization, organisation - a group of people who work together diplomatic mission - a mission serving diplomatic ends embassy - an ambassador and his entourage collectively
	6.	commission - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" direction, charge bid, bidding, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something misdirection - an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
	7.	commission - an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces military commission certificate, credential, credentials, certification - a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	8.	commission - the act of committing a crime perpetration, committal crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
	9.	commission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" mission, charge assignment, duty assignment - a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty" fool's errand - a fruitless mission mission impossible - an extremely dangerous or difficult mission martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide mission - killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb
Verb	1.	commission - put into commission; equip for service; of ships equip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
	2.	commission - place an order for order - make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
	3.	commission - charge with a task authorize, authorise, clear, pass - grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

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commission

verb

appoint, order, contract, select, engage, delegate, nominate, authorize, empower, depute You can commission them to paint something especially for you.

noun

1. duty, authority, trust, charge, task, function, mission, employment, appointment, warrant, mandate, errand She approached him with a commission to write the screen play for the film.

2. fee, cut, compensation, percentage, allowance, royalties, brokerage, rake-off (slang) He got a commission for bringing in new clients.

3. committee, board, representatives, commissioners, delegation, deputation, body of commissioners The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.

Translations

commission [kəˈmɪʃən]

A. N

1. (= committee) → comisión f
commission of inquiry → comisión f investigadora

2. (= order for work, esp of artist) → comisión f

3. (for salesman) → comisión f
to sell things on commission or on a commission basis → vender cosas a comisión
I get 10% commission → me dan el 10 por ciento de comisión

4. (Mil) (= position) → graduación f de oficial; (= warrant) → nombramiento m

5. (= use, service) → servicio m
to put into commission → poner en servicio
to be out of commission → estar fuera de servicio
to put out of commission → inutilizar
to take out of commission → retirar del servicio

6. [of crime] → perpetración f

B. VT

1. [+ artist etc] → hacer un encargo a; [+ picture] → encargar, comisionar(esp LAm); [+ article] → encargar
to commission sb to do sth → encargar a algn que haga algo

2. (Mil) [+ officer] → nombrar; [+ ship] → poner en servicio
commissioned officer → oficial mf

C. CPD commission agent N → comisionista mf

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commission [kəˈmɪʃ^ən]

n

(= money) [salesperson] → commission f
I get 10% commission → je reçois une commission de 10%
to work on commission → travailler à la commission
Salesmen work on commission → Les représentants travaillent à la commission.

(= order for work of art) → commande f

(MILITARY) [officer] → commandement m

(= group, committee) → commission f

to be out of commission [machine] → être hors service

vt

(MILITARY) [+ soldier, pilot, sailor] → nommer (à un commandement)

[+ work of art] → commander
to commission sb to do sth → charger qn de faire qch
to commission sth from sb → commander qch à qn

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commission

n

(= committing) → Begehen nt (form)

(for building, painting etc) → Auftrag m

(Comm) → Provision f; on commission, on a commission basis → auf Provision(sbasis); to work on commission → auf Provisionsbasis arbeiten; to charge commission (bank etc) → eine Kommission berechnen

(Mil) → Patent nt

(= special committee) → Kommission f, → Ausschuss m; commission of inquiry → Untersuchungskommission f → or -ausschuss m

(Naut, fig: = use) to put into commission → in Dienst stellen; to take out of commission → aus dem Verkehr ziehen; in/out of commission → in/außer Betrieb

(form: = task, errand) → Erledigung f; I was given a commission to recruit new members → ich wurde (damit) beauftragt, neue Mitglieder zu werben

the (EC) Commission → die EG-Kommission

vt

person → beauftragen; book, painting → in Auftrag geben; to commission somebody to do something → jdn damit beauftragen, etw zu tun

(Mil) sb → zum Offizier ernennen; officer → ernennen

ship → in Dienst stellen; power station etc → in Betrieb nehmen; commissioning ceremony → Eröffnungszeremonie f

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commission [kəˈmɪʃ/ən]

1. n

a. (order for work, esp of artist) → incarico

b. (for salesman) → commissione f, provvigione f
to sell on commission → vendere a provvigione
I get 10% commission → ricevo il 10% sulle vendite

c. (committee) → commissione f
commission of inquiry (Brit) → commissione f d'inchiesta

d. (Mil) to get one's commission → ricevere la nomina ad ufficiale

e. out of commission (machine) → fuori uso (Naut) → in disarmo

2. vt

a. (expert, consultant, artist) to commission sb to do sth → incaricare qn di fare qn
to commission sth from sb (work of art) → commissionare qc a qn

b. (Mil) → nominare ufficiale

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commission [kəˈmiʃən]

1 money earned by a person who sells things for someone else. kommissieloon عُمولَه، سَمْسَرَه комисиона provize provision; kommission die Vergütung προμήθεια comisión vahendustasu کمیسیون؛ کارمزد välityspalkkio commission עַמלָה दस्तूरी, दलाली, कमीशन provizija jutalék komisi umboðslaun commissione 手数料 커미션 komisiniai pinigai komisijas nauda komisen commissie provisjon prowizja percentagem co­mision комиссионные provízia provizija provizija provision ค่านายหน้า komisyon 佣金 комісія چیزیں فروخت کرنے سے حاصل ہونے والی آمدنی tiền hoa hồng 佣金

2 an order for a work of art a commission to paint the president's portrait. opdrag أمْر، مُهِمَّه задача pověření bestilling der Auftrag παραγγελία encargo tellimus ماموریت toimeksianto commande הַזמָנַת עָבוֹדָה कला से संबंधित किसी कार्य के लिए आदेश povjeren posao megbízás pesanan barang seni pöntun commissione 依頼 위임 užsakymas līgumdarbs; pasūtījums; uzdevums tempahan opdracht bestilling zlecenie encomenda comandă заказ poverenie naročilo porudžbina uppdrag, beställning งานที่รับมอบหมาย iş(ini) verme, sipariş 委託製作(藝術品) замовлення کسی فنی کام کا حکم ملنا nhiệm vụ 委托制作（画像等）

3 an official paper giving authority, especially to an army officer etc My son got his commission last year. oproep بَراءَه (إعْطاء سَلْطَه أو رُتْبَه عَسْكَرِيَّه) офицерски чин jmenovací dekret bestalling das Offizierspatent διάταγμα διορισμού nombramiento ohvitseripatent ورقۀ ماموریت brevet הַסמָכָה לִקצוּנָה प्राधिकार सौंपने वाला कोई आधिकारिक पत्र uputa, odluka kinevezés surat tugas skipunarbréf autorizzazione 任命辞令 명령 pareigas patvirtinantis dokumentas patents uz virsnieka pakāpi tauliah aanstelling (tot officier) utnevnelse patent comissão brevet патент на звание, чин menovací dekrét imenovanje ukaz o postavljenju officersfullmakt, bemyndigande สัญญาบัตร rütbe; resmî yetki belgesi 委任狀 офіцерський чин فوج میں افسری کا حکم نامہ bằng phong cấp sỹ quan 委任状

4 an official group appointed to report on a specific matter a commission of enquiry. kommissie لَجْنَه مُنْتَدَبَه комисия komise kommission der Untersuchungsausschuß επιτροπή comisión komisjon, toimkond هیئت؛ کمیسیون commission וַעֲדָה आयोग povjerenstvo vizsgálóbizottság komisi (stjórnskipuð) nefnd commissione 委員会 위원회 komisija komisija suruhanjaya commissie nemnd, kommisjon komisja comissão comisie комиссия komisia komisija komisija kommission คณะกรรมาธิการ heyet, komisyon 委員會 комісія تحقیقاتی جماعت hội đồng 委员会

v

1 to give an order (especially for a work of art) to He was commissioned to paint the Lord Mayor's portrait. aanstel يَنْتَدِب، يُفَوِّض، يُكَلِّفُ في مُهِمَّه нареждам pověřit afgive bestilling beauftragen αναθέτω, παραγγέλλω encargar tellimust andma ماموریت دادن؛ گماردن antaa toimeksianto passer une commande à לְהָטִיל תַפקִיד कला से संबंधित किसी कार्य के लिए आदेश देना naručiti megbíz memberi tugas skipa; fela á hendur commissionare 製作依頼する 위임을 받다 užsakyti uzdot menempah opdracht geven gi/få i oppdrag zamawiać encarregar a comanda заказывать poveriť; zadať naročiti poručiti uppdra åt, beställa สั่งงาน sipariş vermek, ısmarlamak 委託(製作藝術品) робити замовлення trao nhiệm vụ cho ai 委托

2 to give a military commission to. in diens stel يُقَلِّدُ أحَد أفْراد الجَيْش رُتْبَةً عَسْكَرِيَّه заповядвам udělit důstojnickou hodnost blive forfremmet til officer zum Offizier ernennen διορίζω, τοποθετώ nombrar ohvitseripatenti andma ماموریت نظامی دادن antaa valtakirja nommer à un commandement לְהַסמִיך לִקצוּנָה प्राधिकार सौंपने वाला कोई सैन्य आधिकारिक पत्र देना dodijeliti časnički čin megtesz (vkinek) memberi surat tugas láta fá skipunarbréf nominare qualcuno ufficiale 任命する 명령하다 oficialiai paskirti (į karininko pareigas) iecelt amatā menerima tauliah aanstellen (tot officier) bli utnevnt som offiser nadać stopień oficerski comissionar a încre­dinţa comanda (cuiva) производить в офицеры menovať dôstojníkom imenovati dati vojno postavljenje ge fullmakt, bemyndiga สั่งการทหาร görevlendirmek, görev/yetki vermek (軍事)任命 надавати офіцерське звання کسی فنی کام کے لئے حکم دینا chính thức bổ nhiệm ai 受命指挥

n comˌmissioˈnaire [-ˈneə]

a doorkeeper in uniform the commissionaire at the cinema. portier, deurwagter حاجِب بَوّاب портиер vrátný dørvogter der Portier θυρωρός με στολή portero, conserje uksehoidja مستخدم دارای اونیفورم vahtimestari chasseur, portier שוֹעֵר द्वारपाल uniformirani vratar, kurir ajtónálló penjaga pintu dyravörður portiere 守衛 수위 durininkas, šveicorius šveicars pekerja portier dørvakt, utkaster portier porteiro швейцар vrátnik vratar, biljeter vratar vaktmästare, dörrvakt ผู้ที่รับจ้างทำงานเล็กๆ น้อยๆ (üniformalı) kapıcı 穿制服的看門人 швейцар وردی والا دربان người gác cửa 穿制服的看门人

n comˈmissioner

a representative of the government in a district or department. kommissaris مَنْدوب، مُفَوَّض، عُضْو لَجْنَه комисар komisař kommisær der/die Bevollmächtigte επίτροπος της κυβέρνησης comisario valitsuse erivolinik فرماندار komissaari commissaire נְצִיב आयुक्त, अधिकारी povjerenik biztos komisaris umboðsmaður; landsstjóri commissario 委員・長官 행정장관 įgaliotinis, komisaras pilnvarotais pesuruhjaya commissaris regjeringsrepresentant; kommisjonsmedlem komisarz, delegat comissário îm­pu­ter­nicit уполномоченный представитель komisár pooblaščenec opunomoćenik ombud สมาชิกกรรมาธิการ heyet/komisyon üyesi 地方政府或部門主管 спеціальний уповноважений ضلعے یا محکمے میں حکومت کا نمائندہ ủy viên hội đồng 地方或部门长官

in/out of commission

in, or not in, a usable, working condition. binne/buite werking جاهِز أو غَيْر جاهِز للخِدْمَه الفِعْلِيَّه в/извън употреба ve službě (pověření), mimo službu (pověření) i/ude af drift in/außer Betrieb σε λειτουργία, εκτός λειτουργίας (fuera) de servicio töökorras, pole töökorras قابل استفاده یا غیر قابل استفاده käytössä, poissa käytöstä en/hors de service לא עוֹבֵד कामकाजी स्थिति में है या नहीं है povjerenik, punomoćnik (nem) működik jalan/tidak jalan (ó)nothæfur in/fuori servizio 現役 [] の 정상인/고장인 naudojamas, nenaudojamas, tinkamas/netinkamas naudoti darba kārtībā/remontā; rezervē digunakan in/buiten werking i/ute av drift, i stand/ustand czynny, na chodzie, nieczynny, zepsuty em (fora de) serviço în stare de funcţionare/ defect в исправности/в неисправности v službe / mimo služby uporaben/neuporaben u upotrebi i gång/ur funktion ใน/นอกหน้าที่ çalışır durumda ol(ma)mak 仍可/無法使用 придатний / непридатний до експлуатації کار آمد حالت میں ہونا یا نہ ہونا không sử dụng được 服／退役

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commission → عمولة objednávka kommission Auftrag παραγγελία comisión toimeksianto commission komisija commissione 制作依頼 의뢰 opdracht oppdrag prowizja comissão комиссия provision งานที่ได้รับสั่งให้ทำ komisyon chỉ thị 委任