Synonyms:
committee, commission
Meaning: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
Synonyms:
commission
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
commission, commissioning
Meaning: the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
commission
Meaning: put into commission; equip for service; of ships
Usage examples
'Mr. Max will never commission me again.'
It made the commission on which he had come even more difficult.
The Commission can't go on now for more than another three weeks.
All that night the commission wrangled, and all the next day, and the next night.
"Well, but then you will not be able to fulfill your commission," said d'Artagnan.
"Well, I'll pay you twenty cents, and keep the balance for commission. That's fair enough."
"Unless you, my dear mother, who are so clever and so kind, will execute the commission yourself."
So what was his delight at receiving another commission, on March 25, 1742, as an ensign in the 12th Regiment of Foot!
Mr. Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was to join his regiment at the end of a fortnight.
"Sir," replied the Englishman, laughing, "I am like my house, and do not do such things--no, the commission I ask is quite different."