commission

(n) a special group delegated to consider some matter
- a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
committee,
(n) 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
(n) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions commissioning,
(n) the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- put the ships into commission
- the motor was out of commission
(n) a group of representatives or delegates delegation, deputation, delegacy, mission,
(n) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the judge's charge to the jury
direction, charge,
(n) an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces military commission,
(n) the act of committing a crime perpetration, committal,
(n) a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a confidential mission to London
- his charge was deliver a message
mission, charge,

committee commissioning delegation deputation delegacy mission direction charge military commission perpetration committal

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