1. A special group delegated to consider some matter
   "a commission is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours";
   - committee
    
2. A special assignment that is given to a person or group
   "The team accepted the commission to investigate the incident";
   - mission, charge
    
3. The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
   "The commission of the new naval officers took place at the academy";
   - commissioning
    
4. A group of representatives or delegates
   "A commission from the company visited the factory";
   - deputation, delegation, delegacy, mission
    
5. A fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received, collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
   "he works on commission"
    
6. A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
   "the judge's commission to the jury";
   - charge, direction
    
7. (military) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
   "The soldier received his military commission upon graduating from the academy";
   - military commission
    
8. The state of being in good working order and ready for operation
   "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"
    
9. The carrying out or committing of a crime or harmful act
   "His commission of the fraud scheme lasted for years before he was caught";
   - perpetration, committal

1. Charge with a task
   "The manager commissioned the team to develop a new product"
    
2. Place an order for
   "The art collector commissioned a portrait from the famous painter"
    
3. Put into commission; equip for service; of ships
   "The navy commissioned the new destroyer"

Derived forms: commissions, commissioning, commissioned

Type of: administrative body, administrative unit, assignment, authorisation [Brit], authorise [Brit], authorization, authorize, bid, bidding, bona fides, certificate, certification, clear, command, credential, credentials, crime, criminal offence [Brit, Cdn], criminal offense [US], dictation, duty assignment, empowerment, equip, fee, fit, fit out, law-breaking, operation, order, org [informal], organisation [Brit], organization, outfit, pass

Encyclopedia: Commission, Great