commission n
1. a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle [syn: committee]
2. 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"
3. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions [syn: commissioning]
4. the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"
5. a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, delegation, delegacy, mission]
6. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: charge, direction]
7. an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces [syn: military commission]
8. the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration, committal]
9. a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: mission, charge] v
10. put into commission; equip for service; of ships
11. place an order for
12. charge with a task

Factorage \Fac"tor*age\, n. [Cf. F. factorage.] The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission.

Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. --South.

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