- commission
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 asking sb to do a piece of work for youADJECTIVE▪ private, publicVERB + COMMISSION▪ accept, get, receive▪
The firm will accept commissions for most types of architectural work.
▪During the 1940s he received commissions for several large religious paintings.
▪ give sb2 official group asked to report on sthADJECTIVE▪ international, national▪ independent▪ bipartisan (AmE), joint▪ federal, government▪ judicial, official, parliamentary, presidential, royal, state▪ permanent, standing▪ special▪ roving▪ election, electoral▪ fact-finding, investigating, investigative▪ planning▪ truth (= to find out about human rights abuses)VERB + COMMISSION▪ appoint, create, establish, set up▪The government has set up a joint commission to consider the problem.
▪ chair, head, preside overPREPOSITION▪ commission for▪the commission for racial equality
▪ commission on▪a commission on domestic violence
PHRASES▪ a commission of inquiry (BrE)3 money for selling sth/providing a serviceADJECTIVE▪ big, high▪ small▪ fixedVERB + COMMISSION▪ earn, get, receive▪ pay▪ charge▪That bank charges a high commission for overseas withdrawals.
▪ deductPREPOSITION▪ in commission▪She earned $2 000 in commission last month.
▪ on commission▪Most of the salespeople are on commission.
▪ commission for, commission on▪They get a 10% commission on every encyclopedia they sell.
PHRASES▪ on a commission basis▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}to work on a commission basis
verbADVERB▪ specially▪specially commissioned works
▪ newly, recentlyPREPOSITION▪ from▪The report was commissioned from scientists in five countries.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
