(commissions, commissioning, commissioned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
The Ministry of Agriculture commissioned a study into low-input farming...
You can commission them to paint something especially for you.
...specially commissioned reports.
VERB: V n, V n to-inf, V-ed
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Commission is also a noun.
He approached John Wexley with a commission to write the screenplay of the film.
N-VAR
2.
A commission is a piece of work that someone is asked to do and is paid for.
Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.
N-COUNT
3.
Commission is a sum of money paid to a salesperson for every sale that he or she makes. If a salesperson is paid on commission, the amount they receive depends on the amount they sell.
The salesmen work on commission only...
He also got a commission for bringing in new clients.
N-VAR: oft on N
4.
If a bank or other company charges commission, they charge a fee for providing a service, for example for exchanging money or issuing an insurance policy. (BUSINESS)
Sellers pay a fixed commission fee.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
A commission is a group of people who have been appointed to find out about something or to control something.
The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.
...the Press Complaints Commission.
N-COUNT-COLL
6.
If a member of the armed forces receives a commission, he or she becomes an officer.
He accepted a commission as a naval officer.
N-COUNT
7.
If something, for example a ship or a piece of equipment, is out of commission, it is broken and cannot be used until it is repaired.
The operator expects the ship to be out of commission until the end of September.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
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