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commission
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French commission, from Latin commissi? (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”), + noun of action missi? (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mitt? (“to send”), + noun of action suffix -i?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
commission (countable and uncountable, plural commissions)
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
- Synonyms: committee, government body
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
- Hyponyms: (to a broker) brokerage, (to a shroff) shroffage
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
- Antonym: omission
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
commission (third-person singular simple present commissions, present participle commissioning, simple past and past participle commissioned)
- (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art)
- (transitive) To put into active service
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commissio, commissionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.mi.sj??/
Noun
commission f (plural commissions)
- commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction)
Derived terms
- Commission européenne
Descendants
- ? Persian: ???????? (komisiyon)
- ? Turkish: komisyon
Further reading
- “commission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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undertaking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd?(?)?te?k??/
Noun
undertaking (plural undertakings)
- The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals
- A promise or pledge; a guarantee
- That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise
- The act of one who undertakes (in either sense)
- Antonym: overtaking (transport)
Translations
Verb
undertaking
- present participle of undertake
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