commission
IPA: kʌmˈɪʃʌn
noun
- 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).
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "commission" in Sentences
- He was a member of the Judicature Commission.
- The members of the commissions are ordinarily bishops.
- The members of the commission were all diocesan priests.
- The members of the evacuation Commission arrived in Gagra.
- The chairperson is elected by the members of the commission.
- He served as member of the State commission in lunacy 1889 1897.
- He presides over a meeting of the Commission for the Administration.
- The Commissioner for Health is the member of the European Commission.
- Members of the Commission must receive the approval of the City Council.
- He served as a member of the Committee of the Regions and the Audit Commission.