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# commission

«commission» in Mova's school dictionary: **an official group of people chosen to find out about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a commission, commissions); verb (commission, commissions, commissioned, commissioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A commission is an official group of people chosen to find out about something or to run something, like a road safety commission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#m1)

2) (money) A commission is money paid to a salesperson as a part (a percentage) of what they sell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#m2)

3) To commission something is to ask an artist, writer or builder to make it for you and pay them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#m3)

4) (army) A commission is an officer's official rank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#m4)

5) Out of commission means broken or not working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#m5)

6) A commission can also be a task or errand that someone is sent to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In money and maths problems, commission is a percentage of sales: 10% commission on a sale of £500 is £50. In the news, commissions investigate events. Artists and composers are commissioned to make new works. Phrases: «earn commission», «on commission», «out of commission», «commission a painting».

### examples

- The shop assistant earns commission on every phone she sells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x1)
- She gets 5% commission, so on £200 of sales she earns £10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x2)
- The government set up a commission to look into the flooding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x3)
- The town commissioned a statue of the famous nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x4)
- The lift is out of commission, so we took the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x5)
- The artist got a commission to paint the mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x6)
- He received his commission as an officer in the army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x7)
- The fish executed his commission, and they brought the treasure back to their master. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/#x8)

### note

Spelling: double m, double s: co-MM-i-SS-ion. Maths: commission = rate × sales, e.g. 8% of 300 = 0.08 × 300 = 24. Related: «commissioner» (a member or head of a commission). Do not confuse with «omission» (leaving something out).

### In the corpora

- [In the Great Commission Jesus told his followers to go to all nations, make disciples and baptise them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «commission» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commission/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.