Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commission

/kəˈmɪʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.91 in modern English

Syllables
com-mis-sion
IPA
/kəˈmɪʃən/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The thing to be done as agent for another.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A bonus in pay awarded to a salesperson for selling a particular, secretly sponsored product, for which the sponsor will reimburse the employer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A payment by a fan to an artist, after which the artist will produce a work of art requested by the fan.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from committō + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from com- (“with”) + mittō (“to send”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *mey- (change), commissioun, commission, commissiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

commissions (plural) commissions (present, singular) commissioning (participle, present) commissioned (participle, past) commissioned (past)

Derived Forms

anticommission commissional commissionary commissionee commissioner commissionless commissionship decommission discommission intercommission noncommission subcommission

Phrases

commission agent commission bid commission breath commission de bene esse European Commission Great Commission housing commission liquor commission

Synonyms

committee spiff percentage mission charge perpetration committal commissioning

Antonyms

omission

Rhymes With

position addition competition mission condition edition definition opposition permission tradition recognition transition

Questions

How do you pronounce commission?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈmɪʃən/.
What does commission mean?
A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
Where does commission come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce commission

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