commission

commission is a 10-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
2. noun. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
3. noun. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
4. noun. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
5. noun. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
6. noun. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
7. noun. The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
8. noun. The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
9. noun. 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.
10. transitive verb. 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.
11. transitive verb. To send out with a charge or commission.
12. noun. a special assignment that is given to a person or group

    "a confidential mission to London"

    "his charge was deliver a message"

    Synonyms: charge, mission

13. noun. the act of committing a crime

    Synonyms: committal, perpetration

14. noun. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

    Synonyms: commissioning

15. noun. an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
16. noun. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    "the judge's charge to the jury"

    Synonyms: charge, direction

17. noun. a special group delegated to consider some matter - Milton Berle

    "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"

    Synonyms: committee

18. noun. a group of representatives or delegates

    Synonyms: delegacy, delegation, deputation, mission

19. noun. 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"

20. noun. the state of being in good working order and ready for operation

    "put the ships into commission"

    "the motor was out of commission"

21. verb. charge with a task
22. verb. put into commission; equip for service; of ships
23. verb. place an order for

Synonyms

charge, mission, committal, perpetration, commissioning, direction, committee, delegacy, delegation, deputation

Common word forms

commissions, commissional, commissioned, commissioner, commissioning

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