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Commission
kəˈmɪʃn
- an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group
"one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building"
task employment job work piece of work project mission assignment undertaking exercise enterprise endeavour solution- an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced specially
"Mozart at last received a commission to write an opera"
- a work produced in response to a commission
"in that year Zeuxis painted his most famous commission"
- the authority to perform a task or certain duties
"the divine Commission of Christ"
- a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something
"a commission was appointed to investigate the allegations"
committee board board of commissioners council panel directorate advisory body advisorate convocation delegation - a sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction
"foreign banks may charge a commission"
- the warrant or certificate by which certain higher-ranking officers are appointed
"he has resigned his commission"
- the action of committing a crime or offence
"the commission of an arrestable offence"
- order or authorize the production of (something)
"the portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792"
- order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something
"they commissioned an architect to manage the building project"
- bring (something newly produced) into working condition
"we had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned"
- appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force
"he was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers"