commission

IPA: kʌmˈɪʃʌn

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
The thing to be done as agent for another.
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

(transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
(transitive) To place an order for (often a piece of art).
(transitive, especially of a ship or boat) To put into active service.

Examples of "commission" in Sentences

"I wouldn't use the word 'commission' anymore," she says.
That quote made me wonder if the commission is authorized to smack people.
This commission is a little late to the party, and what the hell is Jeff Greason doing on the list?
This commission is authorized to mediate and resolve conflicts between financial institutions and the consumer.
To a company, a commission is a bit like a tax in that their expense goes up when sales go up & often commission rates increase for heavier sales.
In numerous letters to various editors after September 11, he protested that he had never meant to endorse “terrorism,” which he defined as the commission of “random acts of terror against people.”
Since the commission is always negotiable, and the agent's only true incentive is the commission, there's good reason for them to take on the extra work, and the seller can potentially realize the same or more net with a lower selling price.
KING: Senator Leahy, in the Boston Globe today, in an op-ed piece, you continue your effort to get what you call a commission of inquiry to look back into the practices, the detainee interrogation practices, what you call the torture committed during the Bush administration.
KING: Senator Leahy, in The Boston Globe today, in an op-ed piece, you continue your effort to get what you call a commission of inquiry, to look back into the practices -- the detainee interrogation practices, what you call the torture committed during the Bush administration.