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Commission Commissioned Officer Member Armed Forces Made Work

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If a member of the armed forces is c___________, he or she is made an officer.If a member of the armed forces is commissioned, he or she is made an officer.
He was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Air Force.
Only commissioned officers qualify for the Military Cross.
word commission
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verb
combining form in adjective
If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
The Ministry of Agriculture commissioned a study into low-input farming.
You can commission them to paint something especially for you.
...specially commissioned reports.
Our china can be bought off the shelf or by commission.
Parliament has set up a commission to investigate football-related violence.
...Government-commissioned research.
If a member of the armed forces is commissioned, he or she is made an officer.
He was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Air Force.
Only commissioned officers qualify for the Military Cross.
noun
A commission is a piece of work that someone is asked to do and is paid for.
Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.
Commission is a sum of money paid to a salesperson for every sale that he or she makes. If a salesperson is paid on commission, the amount they receive depends on the amount they sell .
The salespeople work on commission only.
He also got a commission for bringing in new clients.
If a bank or other company charges commission, they charge a fee for providing a service, for example for exchanging money or issuing an insurance policy .
Travel agents charge 1 per cent commission on sterling cheques.
Sellers pay a fixed commission fee.
A commission is a group of people who have been appointed to find out about something or to control something.
The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.
...the Press Complaints Commission.
The commission of a crime is the act of committing a crime.
Anyone using a gun in the commission of a crime should be given an additional penalty.
If a member of the armed forces receives a commission, he or she becomes an officer.
He accepted a commission as a naval officer.
inflections commissionscommissioningcommissioned-commissioned
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