commission

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
• The act of committing (e.g. a crime).

Verb

• To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
• To place an order for (often piece of art)
• To put into active service

Origin

• From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō, from prefix com- + noun of action missiō, from perfect passive participle missus, from the verb mittō + noun of action suffix -iō.