Definition of commission
- n. - The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
- n. - The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how
a trust shall be executed.
- n. - The duty or employment intrusted to any person or
persons; a trust; a charge.
- n. - A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of
certain duties.
- n. - A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
- n. - A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce
commission.
- n. - The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
- n. - The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
- n. - 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.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To send out with a charge or commission.