commissionnoun詞源 1/kəˈmɪʃən/

• 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.
  • Let him see our commission.
• 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 European Commission
  • the Electoral Commission
• 5

  A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

  • a reseller's commission
  • The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer.
• 6

  businesscommerceA bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.

• 7

  artartsA payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.

• 8

  The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

  • the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
  • Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.

commissionverb詞源 1/kəˈmɪʃən/

• 1

  To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

  • James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
  • What I commissioned you to get for me, and anything you see suitable to my Tusculan villa, I should be glad if you will, as you say in your letter, procure for me, only don't put yourself to any inconvenience.
• 2

  To place an order for (often a 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 (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.

  • The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
  • The 1.7 mile-long conveyor system was commissioned in November 2022, and will remove one million lorry movements from the roads around West London.

commissionnoun詞源 2/kəˈmɪʃən/

• 1

  obsoleteslangA shirt or chemise.

  • As from our beds, we doe oft cast our eyes, / Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, / Which is a garment shifting in condition; / And in the canting tongue is a commission.