Betekenis van commission In het Nederlands

• 0 to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone:

  • The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.

  • She's commissioned an artist to paint her portrait.

• 1 to give someone the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces:

  • Grandfather was commissioned as Group Captain in the RAF just before the war.

• 2 a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the problem exists:

  • a commission on alcohol abuse/racial tension

  • The government has set up/established a commission to investigate the problem of inner city violence.

• 3 a payment to someone who sells goods that is directly related to the amount sold, or a system that uses such payments:

  • Is she paid a regular wage or is it on/by commission only?

  • She gets a 15 percent commission on every machine she sells.

• 4 a request to do a special piece of work:

  • [ + to infinitive ] She's just got a commission to paint Sir Ellis Pike's wife.

  • Do you do/take commissions?

• 5 the act of committing a crime:

  • the commission of the crime/offence/murder

• 6 the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces

• 7 a group of people who have been formally chosen and given the authority to get information about a problem or to perform other special duties:

  • Congress appointed a commission to study immigration policy.

• 8 a formal request to do a special piece of work for payment:

  • She received a commission to paint the governor’s portrait.

• 9 the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces:

  • She received her commission as a lieutenant in the US Army.

• 10 the act of doing something that is illegal or considered wrong:

  • the commission of a crime

• 11 a system of payment based on a percentage of the value of sales or other business done, or a payment to someone working under such a system:

  • [ C ] As a real estate agent, her commission is between 4% and 6% on every sale.

• 12 to choose someone to do a piece of work, or to have a piece of work done:

  • The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the fashion industry.

• 13 a payment to someone who sells homes, products, investments, etc., which is directly related to the amount they sell, or the practice of receiving these payments:

  • make/pay/receive a commission The airline agreed to pay travel agents a 3% commission.

  • His monthly salary, which is based on commissions, has dropped from about $7,000 to $1,000.

  • be on commission People often work harder when they're on commission.

• 14 a group of people who have been officially chosen to examine a problem and advise on the best action to take:

  • appoint/create/establish/set up a commission Congress appointed a commission to investigate the causes of the financial crisis.

• 15 an official organization whose job is to manage a particular activity, suggest laws relating to the activity, and make certain that laws are obeyed:

  • communications/energy/planning, etc. commission The Energy Commission announced rules that bar municipal utilities from signing new contracts with coal-fired power plants.

• 16 a request to do a particular piece of work for someone:

  • accept/get/receive a commission When he was 19, he got a commission to write an orchestra piece.

• 17 to ask someone do a particular piece of work for you:

  • The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the fashion industry.

• 18 broken or not available to be used:

  • put sth/take sth out of commission In Port Arthur, three major refineries were taken out of commission by power failures.