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• n. 委托;佣金
• ［英］ n. 委托 ( piece of work given to sb to do) ; 佣金 ( payment to sb for selling goods)
• ［记］ com+miss ( 送, 放出) +ion -> 共同送出 -> 委托

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin commission-, commissio act of bringing together, from committere
• Date: 14th century
• 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 command to act in a prescribed manner or to perform prescribed acts ; 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 committing something <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

II. transitive verb (-missioned; commissioning)

• Date: circa 1661
• 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

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