commission

noun · verbB2

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noun

Plural noun:

commissions

1.
(countable, uncountable)A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
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.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The thing to be done as agent for another.
I have three commissions for the city.
4.
(countable, uncountable)A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
the European Commission
the Electoral Commission
the Federal Communications Commission
The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
Đồng nghĩa: committee
5.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
7.
(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.

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verb

V_es/s

commissions

V_ing/Gerund

commissioning

V_ed/pp

commissioned

1.
(transitive)To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
2.
(transitive)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.
(transitive)To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.

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committeegovernment bodyspiff

Trái nghĩa

omission

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (sending together; commission), from prefix com- (with) + noun of action missiō (sending), from perfect passive participle missus (sent), from the verb mittō (to send) + noun of action suffix -iō.