- a special group delegated to consider some matter;
"a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours"
- 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);
"he works on commission"
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation;
"put the ships into commission" "the motor was out of commission"
- a group of representatives or delegates
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
"the judge's charge to the jury"
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group;
"a confidential mission to London" "his charge was deliver a message"
