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commission
Noun
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A commission is a group of people who work together to research or manage something for a government.
She was recently appointed to head the European commission on climate change.
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A commission is money that a salesperson receives for each sale.
You may have to pay commission to convert the dollars into local currency on your travels.
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The official appointment of an officer in a nation's armed forces.
Brummell resigned his commission when his regiment was posted to Manchester.
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A commission is a task to be undertaken.
My commission was only to deliver this message.
commission
Verb
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If you commission someone to do or create something, you formally ask them to do it.
The report commissioned by the Department of Health in 1989, contains guidelines on how best to manage and organise waiting lists.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
fifteen
Determiner
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(ordinal fifteenth) Fifteen is the number that is after fourteen and before sixteen. It can also be written as 15.
Fifteen ducks swim on the lake.
fifteen
Noun
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The number 15.
and ten makes fifteen.
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A set of fifteen things or persons.
The fifteen were leaving the city.
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To be fifteen years old.
Paul is fifteen, but he looks older