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Definitions of commission
  1. noun
    a group of representatives or delegates
  2. noun
    an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces

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  3. noun
    a special group delegated to consider some matter

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  4. noun
    the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

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  5. noun
    the act of committing a crime

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  6. noun
    a special assignment that is given to a person or group

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  7. noun
    a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

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  8. noun
    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"
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    fee
  9. verb
    charge with a task
  10. verb
    place an order for
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  11. verb
    put into commission; equip for service; of ships
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  12. noun
    the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
    "put the ships into commission" "the motor was out of commission"
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Definition that contains commission
  • major a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
  • agent a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
  • lieutenant a commissioned military officer
  • lieutenant an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
  • sergeant any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
  • colonel a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
  • commander a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
  • washington the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
  • commission put into commission; equip for service; of ships
  • commissioner a member of a commission
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