Read the dictionary definition of commission. All definitions for this word.
1. a special assignment that is given to a person or group
1. a confidential mission to London
2. his charge was deliver a message
2. the act of committing a crime
3. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
4. an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
5. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
1. the judge's charge to the jury
6. a special group delegated to consider some matter
1. a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
7. a group of representatives or delegates
8. 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)
1. he works on commission
9. the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
1. put the ships into commission
2. the motor was out of commission
10. charge with a task
11. put into commission; equip for service; of ships
12. place an order for
