commission

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Opposite of

omission

Synonyms

charge

order

committee

brokerage

mission

command

board

errand

agency

entrust

appointment

mandate

percentage

%

send

fee

delegation

appoint

empower

deputation

perpetration

authorize

authorization

delegacy

direction

commissioning

assignment

task

authority

proxy

bureau

military commission

duty

work

dispatch

commission fee

tell

request

business

requisition

poundage

depute

activity

trust

office

🏢

decree

kickback

handling charge

instruction

permit

compensation

Translations

commission

comisión

commissione

Kommission

comissão

Provision

encargo

provvigione

comissió

commissie

mission

Auftrag

επιτροπή

beauftragen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈmɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: commissioun

In summary

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.

Sentences

The composition of the Commission underwent considerable changes since its initiation .

A five-member commission drafted the encyclical .