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noun, verb  BrE /kəˈmɪʃn/￼NAmE /kəˈmɪʃn/￼￼ noun official group￼1 (often Commission) [countable] an official group of people who have been given responsibility to control sth, or to find out about sth, usually for the government￼the European Commission￼ (BrE) The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison.￼ a commission on human rights money￼2 [uncountable, countable] an amount of money that is paid to sb for selling goods and which increases with the amount of goods that are sold￼You get a 10% commission on everything you sell.￼ He earned £2 000 in commission last month.￼ In this job you work on commission (= are paid according to the amount you sell).￼3 [uncountable] an amount of money that is charged by a bank, etc. for providing a particular service￼1% commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques. for art/music, etc.￼4 [countable] a formal request to sb to design or make a piece of work such as a building or a painting￼a commission to design the new parliament building in armed forces5 [countable] an officer's position in the armed forces￼He resigned his commission when he got married. of crime6 [uncountable] (formal) the act of doing sth wrong or illegal￼the commission of a crime￼in/out of comˈmissionavailable/not available to be used￼Several of the airline's planes are temporarily out of commission and undergoing safety checks.￼ verb piece of art/music, etc.￼1 to officially ask sb to write, make or create sth or to do a task for you￼~ sb to do sthShe has been commissioned to write a new national anthem.￼~ sth Publishers have commissioned a French translation of the book.￼ The survey on consumer taste was commissioned by local stores. in armed forces2 [usually passive] to choose sb as an officer in one of the armed forces￼~ sb  She was commissioned in 2007.￼~ sb (as) sth He has just been commissioned (as a) pilot officer.

Commission Sb Commissioned Amount Armed Sth Money Paid