Commission

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.

A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.

A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.

The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.

The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city.

The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.

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.

To send out with a charge or commission.

the act of committing a crime

a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"

a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle