Definitions For Commission

noun

  • A special assignment that is given to a person or group
  • The act of committing a crime
  • The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
  • An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
  • A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
  • A special group delegated to consider some matter
  • A group of representatives or delegates
  • 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)
  • The state of being in good working order and ready for operation
  • A group of people who have been given the official job of finding information about something or controlling something
  • An amount of money paid to an employee for selling something
  • The act of committing a crime

verb

  • Charge with a task
  • Put into commission; equip for service; of ships
  • Place an order for
  • To order or request (something) to be made or done
  • To order or request (someone) to make or do something
  • To make (someone) an officer in the military

Is Commission a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Commission is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Commission in a Sentence

  • She served on the city's water commission.
  • Both states set up commissions to examine their public schools.
  • She gets a commission for each car she sells.
  • A portrait of the queen was commissioned.
  • The magazine commissioned a story about the world's best beaches.
  • The report on poverty was commissioned by the governor.

Synonyms for Commission

Antonyms for Commission

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