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place an order for

the act of committing a crime

a group of representatives or delegates

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"

the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"

put into commission; equip for service; of ships

a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle

charge with a task

place an order for

the act of committing a crime

a group of representatives or delegates

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"

the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"

put into commission; equip for service; of ships

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.

The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.

The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.

The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.

To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.

To send out with a charge or commission.

The entrusting of business to anyone; the act of doing or committing; a trust; a charge; the warrant by which anything is done; one or more persons appointed to perform certain specified duties; brokerage or allowance; a document conferring military or naval rank or authority; a body of persons empowered to act under public authority; as, this city is governed by a commission.

To empower; to send with authority; to confer military or naval rank or authority.

Act of committing: that which is committed: a writing conferring certain powers: authority: charge or fee to an agent, etc. for transacting business: one or more persons appointed to perform certain duties.

To give a commission to: to appoint.

Act of committing; writing conferring powers; authority; charge; something to be done for another; fee for transacting business; persons appointed to perform duties.

To give a commission to.

To give a commission to; appoint; empower; delegate.

The act of committing; a trust; charge.

A document conferring rank or authority, or the rank or authority conferred.

A body of persons acting under public authority.

Agency, or the compensation of an agent.

n. [Latin] Act of committing or intrusting; —act of perpetrating; —legal warrant to execute some office, trust, or duty; —the power under such warrant; —the document which contains it; —a body appointed by the crown to investigate and report on some public matter; —the acting under authority of, or on account of, another; —the thing to be done as agent for another; —brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent.

The act of entrusting any thing ; a trust, a warrant by which any trust is held; a warrant by which a military officer is constituted ; charge, mandate, office; act of committing a crime: fins of commission are distinguished from sins of omission : a number of people joined in a trust or office; the state of that which is intrusted to a number of joint officers, as the broad seal was put into commission ; the order by which a factor trades for another person.