Commission
noun
A group of people with authority to do a certain job.
The commission was formed to investigate the matter.
Often appears as...
- form a commission
- appoint a commission
noun
A sum of money paid to a person for selling something.
He gets a commission for each car he sells.
Often appears as...
- earn commission
- sales commission
verb
To officially ask someone to create or do something.
The city commission ed a sculpture for the park.
Often appears as...
- commission a study
- commission a report
noun
An act of doing something wrong.
They were found guilty of commission of a crime.
Often appears as...
- commission of a crime
- commission of fraud
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
The job and power given to someone to act for another.
He received a military commission after his graduation.
Often appears as...
- military commission
- diplomatic commission
noun
A group of people with authority to do a certain job.
The commission was formed to investigate the matter.
Often appears as...
- form a commission
- appoint a commission
noun
A sum of money paid to a person for selling something.
He gets a commission for each car he sells.
Often appears as...
- earn commission
- sales commission
verb
To officially ask someone to create or do something.
The city commission ed a sculpture for the park.
Often appears as...
- commission a study
- commission a report
noun
An act of doing something wrong.
They were found guilty of commission of a crime.
Often appears as...
- commission of a crime
- commission of fraud
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
The job and power given to someone to act for another.
He received a military commission after his graduation.
Often appears as...
- military commission
- diplomatic commission
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Purpose Specific
Understand that a commission is formed for a specific purpose or task.
A commission was established to improve city transportation.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Given
Members of a commission are granted authority to make decisions on the assigned topic.
The commission has the authority to change school policies.
Pro Tip 1/2Purpose Specific
Understand that a commission is formed for a specific purpose or task.
A commission was established to improve city transportation.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Given
Members of a commission are granted authority to make decisions on the assigned topic.
The commission has the authority to change school policies.
Pro Tip 1/2Purpose Specific
Understand that a commission is formed for a specific purpose or task.
A commission was established to improve city transportation.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Given
Members of a commission are granted authority to make decisions on the assigned topic.
The commission has the authority to change school policies.
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and so forth. How many of these people are there in an economy like the US? Electric utilities are monopolies, and so they're regulated by utilities commissions. Otherwise they'd jack up the price too high. Every state has a utilities commission, a public utilities commission. These commissions typically have five members.
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Larry Brilliant: TED...
and she was the last case of killer smallpox in the world. And this document is the certificate that the global commission signed, certifying the world to have eradicated the first disease in history. The key to eradicating smallpox was early detection, early response.
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
because that's not really how you get commissions. You always have to sort of adapt and improvise to the opportunities and accidents that happen, and the sort of turmoil of the world. One last example is that recently we, like last summer, we won the competition
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not only for their beauty, but their adherence to a particular tradition. And the customer who commissioned and paid for the work, whether it was a fine chair, a stone sculpture, a gold necklace, or an entire building, was more likely to get credit
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Alone Across the Outback...
One of things I think that stunned everybody at the end of the trip was that she decided to write a book about it. And I think to everybody's astonishment the book resonated with people all over the world. So the story was, this was commissioned
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by the company who are paid thirty three percent commission and whom the process not only on self-respect and income but are able to use it to educate and provide better health for their children there are companies who act as
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See Potala Palace, the...
years earlier on commission of a Tibetan King in honor of his marriage to a princess of China the growing fortress became the winter home for the dalai lama's monastic leaders of tibetan buddhism unesco world heritage
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The biggest mistakes in...
with features from both these traditions. Often commissioned by rulers and other powerful people, these maps were meant to depict the world’s geography, but not necessarily to be useful for navigation.
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An Ancient Human Skull PIPE...
sculptor he helped scientists visualize long extinct pre-human species but the commission that just landed in his inbox is unlike anything he's attempted before
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after some hours all the commission of the deer are its hind legs
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How to decarbonize the...
and so forth. How many of these people are there in an economy like the US? Electric utilities are monopolies, and so they're regulated by utilities commissions. Otherwise they'd jack up the price too high. Every state has a utilities commission, a public utilities commission. These commissions typically have five members.
Video examples
Larry Brilliant: TED...
and she was the last case of killer smallpox in the world. And this document is the certificate that the global commission signed, certifying the world to have eradicated the first disease in history. The key to eradicating smallpox was early detection, early response.
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
because that's not really how you get commissions. You always have to sort of adapt and improvise to the opportunities and accidents that happen, and the sort of turmoil of the world. One last example is that recently we, like last summer, we won the competition
Video examples
Is there a difference...
not only for their beauty, but their adherence to a particular tradition. And the customer who commissioned and paid for the work, whether it was a fine chair, a stone sculpture, a gold necklace, or an entire building, was more likely to get credit
Video examples
Alone Across the Outback...
One of things I think that stunned everybody at the end of the trip was that she decided to write a book about it. And I think to everybody's astonishment the book resonated with people all over the world. So the story was, this was commissioned
Video examples
How to build a greener,...
by the company who are paid thirty three percent commission and whom the process not only on self-respect and income but are able to use it to educate and provide better health for their children there are companies who act as
Video examples
See Potala Palace, the...
years earlier on commission of a Tibetan King in honor of his marriage to a princess of China the growing fortress became the winter home for the dalai lama's monastic leaders of tibetan buddhism unesco world heritage
Video examples
The biggest mistakes in...
with features from both these traditions. Often commissioned by rulers and other powerful people, these maps were meant to depict the world’s geography, but not necessarily to be useful for navigation.
Video examples
An Ancient Human Skull PIPE...
sculptor he helped scientists visualize long extinct pre-human species but the commission that just landed in his inbox is unlike anything he's attempted before
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How Snakes Survive Off...
after some hours all the commission of the deer are its hind legs
Example 1 of 10
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Mark Parker
American Businessman
I'm drawn to talented, creative people who often just don't know how to support themselves - they're more focused on their work than trying to figure that out. So I commission a lot of works with artists who I like personally or professionally, and through that process, I wound up collecting a lot of art.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Television executives only commission something that somebody else has already commissioned that's doing well on another station - they're afraid of expecting an audience to concentrate for longer than three minutes on any particular item.
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Kanika Dhillon
Indian Author
I will write an entire script but not be commissioned by anyone. I want the freedom to walk away from it. If you're uncomfortable, I will go away. There is no middle ground with me. Also because if I change my character, my story changes.
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Janet Echelman
American Artist
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players.
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Amy Tan
American Novelist
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.
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Wanderlei Silva
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
I am available to work together with the commission to create clear laws that give the athletes the proper respect. The athletes deserve more respect.
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Caleb Cushing
American Diplomat
These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever.
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John Lloyd
British Producer
I can help you shape your sitcom, I can help you think about what could make your sketch show better, but it won't help you get you a commission.
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Sue Perkins
English Comedian
When it started, 'Bake Off' wasn't a big hit. Respect to the people who said, 'We'll keep commissioning this and give it a chance.
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Gulzar
Indian Poet
Lyrics is commissioned work, it is my profession. But poetry is my statement to life.
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Mark Parker
American Businessman
I'm drawn to talented, creative people who often just don't know how to support themselves - they're more focused on their work than trying to figure that out. So I commission a lot of works with artists who I like personally or professionally, and through that process, I wound up collecting a lot of art.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Television executives only commission something that somebody else has already commissioned that's doing well on another station - they're afraid of expecting an audience to concentrate for longer than three minutes on any particular item.
Quote examples
Kanika Dhillon
Indian Author
I will write an entire script but not be commissioned by anyone. I want the freedom to walk away from it. If you're uncomfortable, I will go away. There is no middle ground with me. Also because if I change my character, my story changes.
Quote examples
Janet Echelman
American Artist
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players.
Quote examples
Amy Tan
American Novelist
She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.
Quote examples
Wanderlei Silva
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
I am available to work together with the commission to create clear laws that give the athletes the proper respect. The athletes deserve more respect.
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Caleb Cushing
American Diplomat
These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever.
Quote examples
John Lloyd
British Producer
I can help you shape your sitcom, I can help you think about what could make your sketch show better, but it won't help you get you a commission.
Quote examples
Sue Perkins
English Comedian
When it started, 'Bake Off' wasn't a big hit. Respect to the people who said, 'We'll keep commissioning this and give it a chance.
Quote examples
Gulzar
Indian Poet
Lyrics is commissioned work, it is my profession. But poetry is my statement to life.
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