Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 21 compound words that contain commission. The most common are listed below. Open commission in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- European CommissionThe executive branch of the European Union.
- Great CommissionThe instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples that they spread his teachings to all the nations of the world.
- High CommissionThe embassy of a Commonwealth country in another Commonwealth country.
- Federal Communications CommissionUS wireless regulatory authority. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
- Planning Commission
- housing commissionPublic housing.
- royal commissionA major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a particular issue, in some monarchies.
- out of commissionNot operational; not functioning properly.
- truth commissionAn official body tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing, often done by a government, in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past
- Boundary CommissionA legal or statutory body set up to determine the geographical boundaries of nations, states, parliamentary constituencies or other entities.
- re-commissionAlternative form of recommission: To give a new commission or to validate an existing commission.
- commission bidA bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
- commission agentAn agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name.
- commission agentsplural of commission agent: An agent entrusted with the possession of goods to be sold in the agent's name.
- commission bidsplural of commission bid: A bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
- commission breathThe obvious eagerness of a salesperson to make sales in order to earn money, seen as offputting to their potential customers.
- liquor commissionA provincial agency that regulates the distribution and sales of alcoholic beverages.
- trailing commissionCommission paid to the broker on the cost of policy renewal or ongoing contributions.
- commission de bene esseA commission appointed to take evidence by deposition where the deponent is unwilling or unable to come to court and the court cannot compel the witness/deponent.
- overridden one's commissionpast participle of override one's commission: To act high-handedly, overreaching one's authority.
- override one's commissionTo act high-handedly, overreaching one's authority.
- overrides one's commissionthird-person singular simple present indicative of override one's commission: To act high-handedly, overreaching one's authority.
- overriding one's commissionpresent participle and gerund of override one's commission
- overrode one's commissionsimple past of override one's commission
Compound words 21
- commissionableCapable of being commissioned.
- commissionaryOf, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission.
- discommissionTo deprive of a commission or trust.
- noncommissionNot based on commission.
- overcommissionTo commission to an excessive extent.
- anticommissionOpposing a commission.
- commissionalSynonym of commissionary: Of, relating to, conferring, or conferred by a commission.
- commissioneeOne who has received a commission.
- commissionlessWithout commission.
- commissionshipThe role or office of commissioner.