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commissions definition and meaning

n. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
n. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
n. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
n. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.
n. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
n. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.
n. The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
n. The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.
n. The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
v. t. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.
v. t. To send out with a charge or commission.

Crossword clues for commissions

- Agent’s percentage
- Contract shows salesman’s cut
- Order (work of art)
- Percentage
- Salesman’s cut
- Agents’ fees
- Deputations
- Duties
- Grants authority to
- Orders for company with 1000 jobs
- Places an order for