noun
a special group delegated to consider some matter
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- a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
noun
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)
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- he works on commission
noun
the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
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noun
the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
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- put the ships into commission
- the motor was out of commission
noun
a group of representatives or delegates
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noun
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
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- the judge's charge to the jury
noun
an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
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military commission
noun
the act of committing a crime
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noun
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
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- a confidential mission to London
- his charge was deliver a message
verb
put into commission
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- equip for service
- of ships