commission

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle
  2. 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)
  3. noun the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

Etymology

From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.

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committee

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