Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

    Auftrag

    поруче́ниеporučénije, ми́ссияmíssija

  2. (countable, uncountable)An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

    David received his commission after graduating from West Point.

    Offizierspatent

    коми́ссияkomíssija, назначе́ниеnaznačénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)The thing to be done as agent for another.

    I have three commissions for the city.

    Auftrag

  4. (countable, uncountable)A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

    the European Commission

    the Electoral Commission

    Kommission, Ausschuss

    коми́ссияkomíssija

    комі́сіяkomísija

  5. (countable, uncountable)A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

    a reseller's commission

    Abschlussprämie, Abschlussprovision, Provision

    коми́ссияkomíssija, комиссио́нныеkomissiónnyje

  6. (countable, uncountable)A bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.

  8. (countable, uncountable)The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

    the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism

    Begehung

    the act of committing a crime

  9. (UK, obsolete, slang)A 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.

Examples

70 sentences
  1. We charge a commission of 3%.

    Наша комісія — 3%.

    ruУ нас комиссия три процента.

    deWir berechnen 3% Provision.

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  2. I get a three percent commission on anything I sell.

    ruС любой своей продажи я получаю трёхпроцентную комиссию.

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  3. Tom works on commission.

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  4. We sell goods on commission.

    deWir verkaufen Waren in Kommission.

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  5. Your salary is commission-based.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
body of officials:
Русский
By meaning 3
mission:
official authority:
fee charged:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
mission:
official authority:
body of officials:
fee charged:
the act of committing:

Origin

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sendin

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from committō + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from com- (“with”) + mittō (“to send”).

Compare Italian camicia and Romanian cămeșă.

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Forms

plural: commissions
Singularcommission
Pluralcommissions

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

22 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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