Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city..

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Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission..
Husbandage :: Husbandage (n.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..
Poundage :: Poundage (n.) A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission..
Pain :: Pain (n.) Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty..
Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Commissioning :: Commissioning (p. pr & vb. n.) of Commissio.
Warrantable :: Warrantable (a.) Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable..
Colonelcy :: Colonelcy (n.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel..
Cadet :: Cadet (n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission..
Accessary :: Accessary (n.) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense..
Rogatory :: Rogatory (a.) Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission..
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
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..
Caption :: Caption (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed..
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..
Commissionate :: Commissionate (v. t.) To commissio.
Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..
Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander..
Brokerage :: Brokerage (n.) The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker..
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