Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

commission

verb [T] (WORK)
 
 
/kəˈmɪʃ.ən/

Definition

to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work: The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.Recruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs
(Definition of commission verb (WORK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

“commission” in other dictionaries

Word of the Day

bogus

false, not real or not legal

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More