commission
英[kə'mɪʃ(ə)n]
美[kə'mɪʃən]
- n. 委员会；佣金；犯；委任；委任状
- vt. 委任；使服役；委托制作
英英释意
- 1. a special group delegated to consider some matter;
- "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
- 2. a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary);
- "he works on commission"
- 3. the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- 4. the state of being in good working order and ready for operation;
- "put the ships into commission"
- "the motor was out of commission"
- 5. a group of representatives or delegates
- 6. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
- "the judge's charge to the jury"
- 7. an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- 8. the act of committing a crime
- 9. a special assignment that is given to a person or group;
- "a confidential mission to London"
- "his charge was deliver a message"