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English to English noun
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a special group delegated to consider some matter |  | Example: a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
source: wordnet30
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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) | | Example: he works on commission
source: wordnet30
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the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | | source: wordnet30
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the state of being in good working order and ready for operation | | Example: put the ships into commission
the motor was out of commission
source: wordnet30
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a group of representatives or delegates | | source: wordnet30
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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | | Example: the judge's charge to the jury
source: wordnet30
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an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces | | source: wordnet30
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the act of committing a crime | | source: wordnet30
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a special assignment that is given to a person or group | | Example: a confidential mission to London
his charge was deliver a message
source: wordnet30
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The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. | | source: webster1913 verb
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put into commission; equip for service; of ships | | source: wordnet30
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place an order for | | source: wordnet30
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charge with a task | | source: wordnet30
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To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer. | | source: webster1913
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