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commission English

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commission Noun

— 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. — 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. — The official appointment of an officer in a nation's armed forces. Brummell resigned his commission when his regiment was posted to Manchester. — A commission is a task to be undertaken. My commission was only to deliver this message.

commission Verb

— 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.

commission

— noun (= committee) a special group delegated to consider some matter a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours — Milton Berle — verb put into commission; equip for service; of ships — noun 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 — noun the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions — noun (= charge) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something the judge's charge to the jury — noun an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces — noun the state of being in good working order and ready for operation put the ships into commission the motor was out of commission — verb charge with a task — verb place an order for — noun (= deputation) a group of representatives or delegates — noun (= perpetration) the act of committing a crime — noun (= mission, charge) a special assignment that is given to a person or group a confidential mission to London his charge was deliver a message

Synonyms commission synonyms

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charge order committee mission brokerage command errand board agency entrust appointment send percentage mandate fee delegation perpetration empower deputation authorize authorization appoint direction delegacy commissioning assignment work task proxy military commission duty dispatch commission fee bureau authority warrant trust tell requisition request poundage permit office kickback instruction handling charge entrust to designation depute decree

Conjugation commission conjugation

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commission · verb

Examples commission examples

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Simple sentences

This register is out of commission.
My bicycle has gone out of commission.
We sell goods on commission.
Mary proposed a different project to the commission.
How much is the commission?
The commission has promised to take action soon.
He should work for the European Commission.
I get a three percent commission on anything I sell.

Movie subtitles

My commission payment's already on its way.
Taxi-Limousine Commission says if we don't know the company, then we have to just call 'em all, and even then we still need the cab number.
The folowwing day, a delegate from the Austrian Prison Administration accompanies the Safety Commission in their monthly inspection.
Now then, if we're successful in disposing of these lots, I'll see that you get a nice commission.
Watch this guy McClure what's head of the new crime commission.
The crime commission buzzard.
The head of the crime commission.
That includes commission, of course.
Yes. You know that ain't a high commission. considering the personal service I give my clientele.
Whatever Mabuse writes is based upon incontrovertible logic and serves as a perfect guide for the commission of crimes worked out to the minutest detail.
I'm sorry, sir, the car is out of commission.
Defendant number one, Kirby Dawson who, according to testimony, was in the Green Light Inn during the hours of the commission of this crime.
Now, remember this: Unless you buy up the whole 12 blocks, you won't get a penny commission.
No, he just testified before the Securities Commission.
I commission you to paint a portrait of me immediately.
You know that ain't a high commission. considering the personal service I give my clientele.
Out of commission!
He was loyal enough to send me to seek you out. to offer you pardon for your past crimes. freedom from your slavery and more than that. a commission in his own navy for you and your men.
This commission is sent by King William.
And William sent us this commission? - Yes.
I've left the army, resigned my commission.
I resigned my commission.
But, look, here in my pocket is my commission as an officer in Her Majesty's New South Wales regiment!
Pengallan, if you don't find something good for me, I'll report you to the Commission.
Right now, there's a Russian commission in New York. trying to sell 15 Rembrandts.
Well, how much commission did you pay him?
Commission?
Commission: 423 francs.
Plus commission, sergeant.
I said, plus commission.
Tell me, Walter, on this insurance, how much commission do you make?
I'm bringing him his commission tomorrow.
You want me to sell them on commission?
Here's the commission.

News and current affairs

WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS - Born in 1957, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is now more than 50 years old, and the European Commission is proposing what it calls a health check for its middle-aged child.
This would also involve making the choice of the European Commission's president dependent on the outcome of the EP elections.
Instead, I believe that the most important way to reawaken voters' interest in European elections will be to open up the election of the Commission's President to them, and create a genuinely Europe-wide political debate during the next election campaign.
Turkey has been given what looks like an ultimatum from the EU Commission: open your ports for ships from Cyprus within a month, or you may risk a halt to the EU accession talks now underway.
At the same time, the Commission's latest report on Turkey's progress toward accession notes that political reforms have slowed down, further calling into question the country's future EU membership.
The Commission's progress report will be dealt with by the European Council next month.
Such regulatory reform is now under consideration by the European Commission, and French support is imperative if the EU is to announce this month the necessary legislative moves to promote transparency.
We committed to shut down Chernobyl this year in an agreement with the G-7 countries and the European Commission.
This is exactly what the European Commission did recently by providing its first strategy for a post-Kyoto era, which will be discussed by the European Council next March.
President Barack Obama has appointed a bipartisan deficit-reduction commission, whose chairmen recently provided a glimpse of what their report might look like.
Around the same time, an important commission on Africa will issue a report to United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair.
In principle, the Commission ought to be slimmed down after enlargement, with fewer Commissioners than member states.
As requested by the European Council, I am developing, in cooperation with the European Commission, a strategy to shut down terrorist financing.
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the United Nations Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System urged that we design an efficient and fair system for the restructuring of sovereign debt.
Productivity growth increased substantially in these countries over time, which persuaded Continental Europe to adopt reforms of its own, often pushed by the European Commission.
It would seem that rebuilding confidence in the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission is economically more important than rebuilding trust in Citibank or AIG.
Nonetheless, the timing of the current ceasefire, which coincides with the installation of a new EU Commission, is advantageous, as is Putin's shortsighted emphasis on tactical victories.
But the EEAS ended up in a turf war with the European Commission, and outgoing High Representative Catherine Ashton did little to ease the tension, owing to her unwillingness to involve herself in intra-EU disagreements.
The new Commission, which its president, Jean Claude Juncker, has restructured significantly, could provide Europe with the strategic leadership it so badly needs.
In fact, Juncker has already expressed a desire to integrate incoming High Representative Federica Mogherini into the Commission's policy program.
But a restructured Commission is not enough to ensure a reset of Europe's foreign-policy strategy.
KABUL - Recently, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) office in Kudoz province reported the rescue of a young woman who had been imprisoned in her in-laws' dungeon for seven months.
The European Commission understands this.
Failure to do so, in the view of Goldstone's commission, should result in the Security Council referring the matter to the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
The choice of Libya to chair the UN Human Rights Commission adds insult to injury.

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