| Commission |
n. |
The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. |
| Commission |
n. |
The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. |
| Commission |
n. |
The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. |
| Commission |
n. |
A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. |
| Commission |
n. |
A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. |
| Commission |
n. |
A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. |
| Commission |
n. |
The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. |
| Commission |
n. |
The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. |
| Commission |
n. |
The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere. |
| Commission |
v. t. |
To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer. |
| Commission |
v. t. |
To send out with a charge or commission. |
