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RELATED WORDS : atomic energy commission blue ribbon commission civil service commission commission on human rights commission on narcotic drugs commission on the status of women commission plan economic and social council commission economic commission for africa economic commission for asia and the far east economic commission for europe economic commission for latin america ecosoc commission election commission fairness commission federal communications commission federal trade commission high commission interstate commerce commission military commission nestor paz zamora commission nuclear regulatory commission out of commission planning commission population commission postal rate commission securities and exchange commission social development commission statistical commission zoning commission

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun commission has 9 senses

• commission(n = noun.group) committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"
is a kind of administrative body, administrative unit
has particulars: economic and social council commission, ecosoc commission, blue ribbon commission, blue ribbon committee, board, election commission, fairness commission, planning commission, conservancy, select committee, subcommittee, standing committee, steering committee, ethics committee, ethics panel, finance committee, politburo, pac, political action committee, praesidium, presidium, zoning commission, jury, panel, vestry
Derived form noun commissioner₂

• commission(n = noun.possession) Array - 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"
is a kind of fee

• commission(n = noun.act) commissioning - the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions; Array
is a kind of authorisation, authorization, empowerment
has particulars: mandate
Derived form noun commissioner₁

• commission(n = noun.state) Array - the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"
is a kind of operation
Derived form verb commission₁

• commission(n = noun.group) delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission - a group of representatives or delegates; Array
is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: diplomatic mission, embassy
Derived form noun commissioner₂

• commission(n = noun.communication) charge, direction - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
is a kind of bid, bidding, command, dictation
has particulars: misdirection
Derived forms verb commission₂, noun commissioner₁

• commission(n = noun.communication) military commission - an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces; Array
is a kind of certificate, certification, credential, credentials

• commission(n = noun.act) committal, perpetration - the act of committing a crime; Array
is a kind of crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense
Derived form verb commit₁

• commission(n = noun.act) charge, mission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
is a kind of assignment, duty assignment
has particulars: fool's errand, mission impossible, martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide mission
Derived form verb commission₃

Verb commission has 3 senses

• commission(v = verb.social) Array - put into commission; equip for service; of ships; Array
is one way to equip, fit, fit out, outfit
Derived form noun commission₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• commission(v = verb.social) Array - place an order for; Array
is one way to order
Derived form noun commission₆
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

• commission(v = verb.social) Array - charge with a task; Array
is one way to authorise, authorize, clear, pass
Derived forms noun commission₉, noun commissioner₁, noun commissioning₁
Sample sentence:
They commission him to write the letter

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THESAURUS

commission

accomplishment, accredit, achievement, administration, allotment, allowance, appoint, assemblee, assembly, assign, assignation, assignment, at home, authorize, avails, ball, bicameral legislature, bid, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, board of aldermen, box office, brawl, budget, busywork, call on, call the signals, call upon, caucus, chamber of deputies, chare, charge, charter, chore, chunk, city board, city council, cobble, colloquium, command, commission, commissions, commit, committee, common council, completion, conclave, concourse, condition, conduct, congregation, congress, consign, contingent, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, court, credit, credits, cut, dance, darn, date, deal, declare, decree, delegate, delegation, deputation, depute, deputize, designate, designate an agent, destiny, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, dictate, diet, direct, direction, discharge, dispatch, disposable income, dividend, dividends, do up, doctor, dole, duty, earned income, earnings, effectuation, eisteddfod, empower, enable, enactment, end, enjoin, entrust, equal share, errand, execution, exercise, fate, federal assembly, festivity, fete, fish to fry, fix, fix up, forgathering, forum, gains, gate, gate receipts, gathering, general assembly, get, get-together, give an order, give in charge, give the word, gross, gross income, gross receipts, half, halver, handling, helping, homework, house of assembly, housewarming, implementation, income, injunction, instruct, instruction, intake, interest, issue a command, issue a writ, job, job of work, labor, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislative chamber, legislature, levee, license, lot, lower chamber, lower house, make, make-work, management, mandate, matters in hand, measure, meed, meet, meeting, mend, mess, mission, modicum, moiety, name, national assembly, net, net income, net receipts, nominate, odd job, ordain, order, order about, output, overhaul, panel, parliament, part, party, patch, patch up, percentage, performance, perpetration, piece, piece of work, plenum, portion, post, precept, prescript, prescription, proceeds, proclaim, produce, profits, project, prom, promulgate, pronounce, proportion, provincial legislature, provincial parliament, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, quantum, quorum, quota, rake-off, rally, ration, ready, recap, receipt, receipts, receivables, reception, recondition, rendezvous, repair, representative town meeting, retread, returns, revenue, royalties, royalty, rule, say the word, seance, segment, send out, service, session, set to rights, sew up, share, shindig, sit-in, sitting, slice, small share, soiree, soviet, stake, state assembly, state legislature, stint, stock, subcommittee, symposium, synod, take, take-in, takings, task, teaching, things to do, tinker, tinker up, town meeting, transaction, transfer, turnout, unearned income, unicameral legislature, upper chamber, upper house, warrant, work, yield

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Business

N business, occupation, employment, pursuit, what one is doing, what one is about, affair, concern, matter, case, matter in hand, irons in the fire, thing to do, agendum, task, work, job, chore, errand, commission, mission, charge, care, duty, part, role, cue, province, function, lookout, department, capacity, sphere, orb, field, line, walk, walk of life, beat, round, routine, race, career, office, place, post, chargeship, incumbency, living, situation, berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty, industry, art, industrial arts, craft, mystery, handicraft, trade, exercise, work, avocation, press of business, businesslike, workaday, professional, official, functional, busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands, afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting, in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally Adj, a business with an income at its heels, amoto quaeramus seria ludo, par negotiis neque supra.

Authority

N authority, influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction, right, direction, government, divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness, absoluteness, absolutism, despotism, jus nocendi, jus divinum, mastery, mastership, masterdom, dictation, control, hold, grasp, grip, gripe, reach, iron sway, fangs, clutches, talons, rod of empire, commission, deputy, permission, at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential, arbitrary, compulsory, stringent, at one's command, in one's power, in one's grasp, under control, in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi, in virtue of, under the auspices of, in the hands of, at one's pleasure, by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen, ex mero motu, ex cathedra, from the chair, the gray mare the better horse, every inch a king.

Commission

N commission, delegation, consignment, assignment, procuration, deputation, legation, mission, embassy, agency, agentship, power of attorney, clerkship, surrogacy, errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit, appointment, nomination, designation, return, charter, ordination, installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in, accession, coronation, enthronement, vicegerency, regency, regentship, viceroy, consignee, deputy, agent, delegate, consignee, commissioned, per procurationem.

VB commission, delegate, depute, consign, assign, charge, intrust, entrust, commit, commit to the hands of, authorize, put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain, install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown, enroll, enlist, give power of attorney to, employ, empower, set over, place over, send out, be commissioned, be accredited, represent, stand for, stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.

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