Compensation paid to a broker for
services provided in a real estate transaction.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
commission (noun)1.
a) a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties
b) a certificate conferring military rank and authority , also the rank and authority so conferred
2.
an authorization or to act in a prescribed manner or to perform prescribed acts - command charge
3.
a) authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another
b) a task or matter entrusted to one as an agent for another
4.
a) a group of persons directed to perform some duty
b) a government agency having administrative, legislative, or judicial powers
c) a city council having legislative and executive functions
5.
an act of something - committing commission of a crime
6.
a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service , especially a percentage of the money received from a total paid to the agent responsible for the business
7.
an act of entrusting or giving authority
transitive verb
1.
to furnish with a commission as
a) to confer a formal commission on - was commissioned lieutenant
b) to appoint or assign to a task or function - was commissioned to do the biography
2.
to order to be made - commissioned a portrait
3.
to put (a ship) in commission
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
commission (noun)1.
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
SYNONYMS:
accreditation, authorization, delegation, empowerment, license ( licence), mandateRELATED WORDS:
commendation, consignment, entrustment; facilitation, fostering, promotion; commanding, directing, ordering2.
the doing of an action
SYNONYMS:
accomplishment, achievement, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment ( fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuanceRELATED WORDS:
dispatch, expedition; administration, direction, handling, management; application, operation, practice ( practise)3.
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter
SYNONYMS:
commission, panelRELATED WORDS:
standing committee, steering committee; subcommittee; delegation, mission; assembly, body, congress, convocation, council, synod4.
the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty
SYNONYMS:
assignment, commission, designationRELATED WORDS:
billet, gig, job, office, place, position, situation, spot, station; authorization, delegation, deputation, emplacement, placement, ranking; anointing, anointment, induction, installation, installment ( instalment), instating, investiture, investment, ordination; choice, choosing, destination, election, nomination, picking, selection, singling (out)NEAR ANTONYMS:
blackball, rejection; deposition, dethronement, ejection, eviction, ouster, overthrow, removal1.
to appoint as one's representative
SYNONYMS:
commission, depute, deputizeRELATED WORDS:
assign, charge; appoint, designate, name, nominateNEAR ANTONYMS:
abrogate; abdicate2.
to give official or legal power to
SYNONYMS:
accredit, certify, charter, commission, empower, enable, invest, license ( licence), qualify, vest, warrantRELATED WORDS:
approve, clear, credential, endorse ( indorse), OK ( okay), sanction; affirm, confirm, validate; inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, swear in; allow, let, permit; enfranchise, entitle, privilegeNEAR ANTONYMS:
ban, bar, block, constrain, deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise, disfranchise, exclude, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, shut out, stop; enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, veto3.
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
SYNONYMS:
assign, charge, commission, task, trustRELATED WORDS:
confer, impose; commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose; allocate, allot; authorize, empower, invest4.
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
SYNONYMS:
assign, attach, commission, constitute, designate, detail, name, nominate, placeRELATED WORDS:
authorize, delegate, depute, deputize; anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain; crown, enthrone, throne; choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in)NEAR ANTONYMS:
blackball, depose, dethrone, displace, eject, evict, oust, overthrow, remove, throw out, uncrown, unmake, unseat
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