commission

com|mis|sion1 [ kə`mıʃn ] noun ***

▸ 1 money paid/earned

▸ 2 official group of people

▸ 3 request for art etc.

▸ 4 being a military officer

▸ 5 act of committing crime

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count or uncount an extra amount of money that you have to pay to a bank or other organization when they provide a service for you

a ) an extra amount of money that you earn in your job every time you sell a product or get a new customer

2. ) commission or Commission count a group of people that is officially put in charge of something or asked to find out about something

3. ) count a request for someone such as an artist or writer to produce a piece of work for someone in exchange for payment

4. ) count the position of being an officer in the military

5. ) uncount FORMAL the act of committing a crime:

the commission of an offense

out of commission

1. ) not being used or not able to be used:

Five of their rescue vehicles were out of commission for repairs.

2. ) INFORMAL not able to do anything because you are ill or injured

commission

com|mis|sion 2 [ kə`mıʃn ] verb transitive **

1. ) to ask someone such as an artist or musician to produce a piece of work in exchange for payment:

She's been commissioned to write a symphony.

a ) to officially ask someone to do some work for you:

He commissioned a series of portraits of his family.

We have commissioned a full survey of the property.

2. ) usually passive to make someone an officer in the military