Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

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Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..
Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Colonelcy :: Colonelcy (n.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel..
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..
Captaincy :: Captaincy (n.) The rank, post, or commission of a captain..
Fiaunt :: Fiaunt (n.) Commission; fiat; order; decree.
Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Commissionship :: Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.
Striped :: Stripe (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
Assignee :: Assignee (v.) In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors..
Return :: Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
Dedimus :: Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc..
Commissionate :: Commissionate (v. t.) To commissio.
Ablegate :: Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics..
Penalty :: Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass..
Commissionnaire :: Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below..
Collector :: Collector (n.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll..
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