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overriding commission

 
 
noun [C] (also override)

Definition

HR a payment made to a manager based on the level of sales made by the employees who they manage: You will earn a monthly overriding commission on the volume produced by this entire group.
(Definition of overriding commission noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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