Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties..

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Quinquevir :: Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
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..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
Striped :: Stripe (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
Lieutenancy :: Lieutenancy (n.) The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant..
Commissionship :: Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.
Roughrider :: Roughrider (n.) One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master..
Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..
Brokerage :: Brokerage (n.) The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker..
Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause..
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..
Chevron :: Chevron (n.) A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat..
Pirate :: Pirate (n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas..
Recommission :: Recommission (v. t.) To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Officer :: Officer (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant 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..
Brevet :: Brevet (a.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission..
Commissionnaire :: Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
Sin :: Sin (n.) Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission..
Factorage :: Factorage (n.) The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission..
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