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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.
offence
Noun
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An offence is an action that breaks the law.
Murder is a serious criminal offence.
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When you give offence to someone, you do something that they don't like.
I didn't mean to give offence, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China.
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The offence is the person or team who is attacking.
For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offence.