Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission..

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Recommission :: Recommission (v. t.) To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..
Brokerage :: Brokerage (n.) The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker..
Commissionnaire :: Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander..
Gunroom :: Gunroom (n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy..
Felo-de-se :: Felo-de-se (n.) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide..
Captaincy :: Captaincy (n.) The rank, post, or commission of a captain..
Accomplice :: Accomplice (n.) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory..
Red-handed :: Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed..
Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
Rapeful :: Rapeful (a.) Given to the commission of rape.
Into :: Into (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits
Cadetship :: Cadetship (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship..
Legation :: Legation (n.) The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission..
Roughrider :: Roughrider (n.) One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master..
Destructiveness :: Destructiveness (n.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
Percentage :: Percentage (n.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred..
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