different between commissioner vs procuration

English

Etymology

From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissi?n?rius. Doublet of commissionaire. See commission.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??m???n?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m???n?/
• Hyphenation: com?mis?sion?er

Noun

commissioner (plural commissioners)

1. A member of a commission.
2. Someone commissioned to perform certain duties.
3. An official in charge of a government department, especially a police force.
4. Someone who commissions something.
   • 2018, Elena Cooper, Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image (page 164)

     […] the 'private nature' of commissioned pictures, particularly portraits, was frequently mentioned as the justification for two types of proposal: the ownership of painting copyright by the commissioner, or ownership of painting copyright by the artist […]

Derived terms

• commissioneress

Translations

Anagrams

• recommission

English

Etymology

Latin pr?c?r?ti?.

Noun

procuration (countable and uncountable, plural procurations)

1. The act of procuring; procurement.
2. The management of another's affairs.
3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.
4. A sum of money formerly paid 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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?c?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.ky.?a.sj??/

Noun

procuration f (plural procurations)

1. proxy
2. power of attorney

Further reading

• “procuration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).