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commission
A special assignment that is given to a person or group
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noun
A special assignment that is given to a person or group
“A confidential mission to London”
noun
The act of committing a crime
noun
The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
noun
An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
noun
A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
“The judge's charge to the jury”
noun
A special group delegated to consider some matter
“{'source': 'Milton Berle', 'text': 'a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours'}”
noun
A group of representatives or delegates
noun
A fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
“He works on commission”
noun
The state of being in good working order and ready for operation
“Put the ships into commission”
verb
Charge with a task
verb
Put into commission; equip for service; of ships
verb
Place an order for
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A confidential mission to London
His charge was to deliver a message
The judge's charge to the jury
{'source': 'Milton Berle', 'text': 'a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours'}
He works on commission
Put the ships into commission
The motor was out of commission
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