/kəˈmɪʃən/
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Translation
Money a seller earns for each sale they make; also a group of people chosen officially to study something.
Word origin
From Latin commissio, from committere, meaning to entrust something to someone.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- committere
- English cognates
- commit, committee
Examples
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Commission is extra pay that depends on how much you sell.
booking.
An agent's commission is their share of the money.
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Here a commission is an official group given a job to do.
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