commission
A. -noun
1. (=committee) comisiónoun (f)
·commission of inquiry
comisiónoun (f) investigadora
2. (=order for work, especially of artist) comisiónoun (f)
3. (for salesman) comisiónoun (f)
·to sell things on commission or on a commission basis
·vender cosas a comisiónoun
·I get 10% commission
·me dan el 10 por ciento de comisiónoun
4. (military)
(=position) graduaciónoun (f) de oficial
(=warrant) nombramiento (m)
5. (=use, service) servicio (m)
·to put into commission
·poner en servicio
·to be out of commission
·estar fuera de servicio
·to put out of commission
·inutilizar
·to take out of commission
·retirar del servicio
6. [of crime] perpetraciónoun (f)
B. -transitive verb
1. [+artist etcetera] hacer un encargo a
[+picture] encargar, comisionar especially Latin America
[+article] encargar
·to commission somebody to do something
·encargar a somebody, someone que haga algo
2. (military)
[+officer] nombrar
[+ship] poner en servicio
·commissioned officer
oficial masculine and feminine
C. -compound
·commission agent -noun comisionista masculine and feminine