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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

2.10 Commission

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
commission /kəˈmɪʃən/ Noun
  1. (countable) A commission is a group of people who work together to research or manage something for a government.



  2. (countable & uncountable) A commission is money that a salesperson receives for each sale. 

Verb
(transitive) If you commission someone to do or create something, you formally ask them to do it.
commit

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  1. commission
    [kə'miʃən]
    n. 委任(状),任官令;委员会
    n. 佣金;犯罪行为
    vt. 委任,委托;使服役
    He has secured two commissions to design buildings for a local authority

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  2. Center did not operate a large painting workshop. Rather, artists worked on a commission basis for the institution.

    Japanese; komo ssion, itaku ryou, deki daka

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  3. Workers who feel they have been looked down upon took comfort in corruption charges leveled against the commission that oversees them.

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  4. We will collect a two percent commission

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  5. He gets a 10% commission on everything he sells.

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  6. He resigned his commission to pursue his education at the University of Malaya in Singapore.

    Korean : 위임, 위탁, 명령, 사명

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  7. President Hamid Karzai stressed his support for Afghanistan's election commission Wednesday as international trust in the group appeared to erode.
    Italian: Commissione

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