commission
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō, from prefix com- + noun of action missiō, from perfect passive participle missus, from the verb mittō + noun of action suffix -iō.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kəˈmɪʃən/
commission
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
- c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene iv]:
- Let him see our commission.
- 1726 October 27, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver's Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC ↗, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 43 ↗:
- This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majefty's Commiſſion.
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- I have three commissions for the city.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- Synonyms: committee
- the European Commission
- the Electoral Commission
- the Federal Communications Commission
- The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
- 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC ↗:
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- Hyponyms: (to a broker) brokerage, (to a shroff) shroffage
- a reseller's commission
- The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer.
- 1935, G. K. Chesterton, The Scandal of Father Brown:
- [T]he scandal was the pretty common one of a corrupt agreement between hotel proprietors and a salesman who took and gave secret commissions, so that his business had a monopoly of all the drink sold in the place.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- Antonyms: omission
- the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
- German: Offizierspatent
- Italian: incarico, mandato
- Portuguese: comissão
- Russian: коми́ссия
- Spanish: destino, cargo
- German: Auftrag
- Italian: commissione
- Portuguese: encargo
- Spanish: comisión, encargo
- French: commission
- German: Kommission, Ausschuss
- Italian: commissione
- Portuguese: comissão
- Russian: коми́ссия
- Spanish: comisión
- French: commission, commission d'agent immobilier, courtage
- German: Abschlussprämie, Abschlussprovision, Provision
- Italian: commissione
- Portuguese: comissão
- Russian: коми́ссия
- Spanish: comisión
- German: Begehung
- Italian: commissione
- Portuguese: acometimento, cometimento
- Spanish: comisión
commission (commissions, present participle commissioning; simple past and past participle commissioned)
- (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
- 2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal, Guardian Unlimited:
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first solider[sic – meaning soldier
] to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- (transitive) To place an order for (often a piece of art).
- He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
- (transitive, especially, of a ship or boat) To put into active service.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
- French: charger, missionner
- German: beauftragen
- Italian: incaricare, commissionare, designare, ordinare, delegare
- Portuguese: encarregar
- Spanish: encargar
- French: commander
- German: in Auftrag geben, bestellen
- Italian: commissionare
- Spanish: encargar
- French: mettre en service
- German: in Dienst stellen, in Betrieb nehmen
- Italian: commissionare, varare
- Spanish: poner en servicio
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