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Commission

/kəˈmɪʃən/

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

📖 Definitions of "Commission"

noun

1
A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
2
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
"David received his commission after graduating from West Point."
3
The thing to be done as agent for another.
"I have three commissions for the city."
4
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
"The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course."

verb

1
To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
"James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents."
2
To place an order for (often piece of art)
"He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months."
3
To put into active service
"The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII."

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