commission

«commission» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) (money) A commission is money paid to a salesperson as a part (a percentage) of what they sell. tree →

3) To commission something is to ask an artist, writer or builder to make it for you and pay them. tree →

4) (army) A commission is an officer's official rank. tree →

5) Out of commission means broken or not working. tree →

6) A commission can also be a task or errand that someone is sent to do. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An official written order from the king giving authority to officials. In the primary 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

• And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River; and they furthered the people and the house of God. (Writings EZR.8.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• The shop assistant earns commission on every phone she sells. tree →
• She gets 5% commission, so on £200 of sales she earns £10. tree →
• The government set up a commission to look into the flooding. tree →
• The town commissioned a statue of the famous nurse. tree →
• The lift is out of commission, so we took the stairs. tree →
• The artist got a commission to paint the mayor. tree →
• He received his commission as an officer in the army. tree →
• The fish executed his commission, and they brought the treasure back to their master. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «commission» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.