Definition of commission

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Commission (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..

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Recommission :: Recommission (v. t.) To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Cornetcy :: Cornetcy (n.) The commission or rank of a cornet.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below..
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..
Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
Commission :: Commission (n.) A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties..
Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.
Husbandage :: Husbandage (n.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
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..
Havildar :: Havildar (n.) In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant..
Discommission :: Discommission (v. t.) To deprive of a commission or trust.
Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..
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..
Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Noncommissioned :: Noncommissioned (a.) Not having a commission.
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..
Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..
Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is revived, after having been suspended..
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
Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..
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