What part of speech is commission?

Commission can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. commission is a verb, present, 1st person singular of commission (infinitive).
  • 2. commission is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. commission is a noun, singular of commissions.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does commission mean?

Definitions

Verb

commission - charge with a task
commission - put into commission; equip for service; of ships
commission - place an order for

Noun

commission - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
commission - the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
commission - an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
commission - the state of being in good working order and ready for operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was out of commission"
commission - 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"
commission - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
commission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
commission - a group of representatives or delegates
commission - the act of committing a crime

Examples of commission

#   Sentence  
1. noun Put the ships into commission.
2. noun The motor was out of commission.
3. noun He works on commission.
4. noun The Commission said it had no legal grounds for such an exclusion.
5. noun Human rights are below any reasonable standard, in spite of the grotesque fact that Libya was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights commission.
6. noun We now have a settlement before the Commission that includes ratepayer advocates, commercial and industrial customers, electric generators, marketers, shippers, independent storage providers,? gas suppliers,? producers, utilities, aggregators, pipeline companies, wholesale customers, municipalities, and retail mass marketers, among others.?
7. noun The commission is definitely more responsive to market participants that are articulating the issue, providing specific examples and proposing the solution.
8. noun This is to inform that a representative of Enron Corp would like to address the Commission on the issue of utility rate stabilization plans at the Commission's hearings scheduled for December 27th and 28th.
9. noun Attached is a draft of the talking points for the Commission's hearings.
10. noun The Commission's hearings begin tomorrow at 10 AM (PST).
11. noun The next day, the federal commission killed the new pricing plan.
12. noun $3m - Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks.
13. noun $50m - Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.
14. noun The commission concluded that the answer was no.
15. noun This register is out of commission.
16. verb Where did you commission this painting?
Sentence  
noun
Put the ships into commission.
The motor was out of commission.
He works on commission.
The Commission said it had no legal grounds for such an exclusion.
Human rights are below any reasonable standard, in spite of the grotesque fact that Libya was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights commission.
We now have a settlement before the Commission that includes ratepayer advocates, commercial and industrial customers, electric generators, marketers, shippers, independent storage providers,? gas suppliers,? producers, utilities, aggregators, pipeline companies, wholesale customers, municipalities, and retail mass marketers, among others.?
The commission is definitely more responsive to market participants that are articulating the issue, providing specific examples and proposing the solution.
This is to inform that a representative of Enron Corp would like to address the Commission on the issue of utility rate stabilization plans at the Commission's hearings scheduled for December 27th and 28th.
Attached is a draft of the talking points for the Commission's hearings.
The Commission's hearings begin tomorrow at 10 AM (PST).
The next day, the federal commission killed the new pricing plan.
$3m - Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks.
$50m - Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.
The commission concluded that the answer was no.
This register is out of commission.
verb
Where did you commission this painting?

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