Commission
a commission (noun) - money paid to a sales person as a reward for sales made
commission a piece of work (verb) - arrange for someone to do a special piece of work
earn a commission on sales
earn a fixed commission
earn a small commission
earn a large commission
get a commission
receive a commission
accept a commission
earned 10,000 baht in commission last month
commission work
a report commissioned from government officials
commission artwork
commission and purchase new works of art
specially commissioned works
the standard commission rate
a sales commission
commission an independent investigator to review the controversial project
a study commissioned by Y
commission a piece of music
a composition commissioned by Y
a survey commissioned by the local government
commission the painting
commission a survey
commissioned to build a monument
privately commissioned
commissioned polls
privately commissioned opinion polls
an independent expert commissioned to assess the situation
commission the services of Sir Joseph Paxton
commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia
commission a book
originally books of this type were commissioned only by kings
commissioned to improve communications throughout the Highlands
a range of stagewear commissioned by the pop idol for his recent world tour
standard reference work was commissioned by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Example sentences:
* This now standard reference work was commissioned by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the USA.
* RISING reggae star Apache Indian got in on Prince's act at a glitzy fashion launch for Joe Bloggs' latest coup, a range of stagewear commissioned by the pop idol for his recent world tour.
* An independent ecologist has been commissioned to assess the situation.
* The notion that only young, long-legged beauties choose sexy legwear is shattered by the survey, commissioned by manufacturer Aristoc.
* It is thought that the saints were modelled on Henrique Alem?o (King Ladislau of Poland --; see p.87) and his wife, Senhora Anes, who commissioned the painting.
* In other instances the biographer may have been commissioned by the family of a person who has died to write a biography with their authorization and co-operation.
* The world's largest nuclear fusion experiment at Culham in the UK was commissioned in July 1983.
* In an unprecedented move, the World Bank has commissioned an independent investigator to review its controversial Narmada Dam Project in the Indian state of Gujarat.
* As to cost, a report commissioned by British Coal, British Gas and others has calculated that IGCC plants will produce electricity at a slightly higher cost than conventional coal-fired stations.
* Society founder the Rev Ian Gregory encountered Norman as he toured the region for eight days in a study commissioned by the Northumbria Tourist Board.
K5F 1926 Among the Scottish work, he drew attention to the collaboration between 7:84 and the young people's group from Berlin to the ambitious events entitled Sabotage at the Tramway and to the VS, a new composition by James MacMillan commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
* According to a recent Gallup survey of 1,034 adults throughout the UK commissioned by the Abbey National, people in Scotland and the north of England may not be.
* In 1988, Northern Arts, the regional arts board for Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear devised an enterprising scheme to provide interest-free loans to commission and purchase new works of art.
* When an act becomes more established, or if it is a new band with good management and someone who knows the business, the agent may make a 10 per cent deal, the standard commission rate.
* Some channels may commission work from independent producers but there is often a preference for either making it yourself, or importing it from afar.
the biographer may have been commissioned by the family of a person who has died to write a biography with their authorization and co-operation
* On the basis of privately commissioned opinion polls showing an increasing majority in favour of some measure of divorce legislation, FitzGerald agreed with his cabinet to proceed with a referendum on whether to change the constitution so as to allow divorce for marriages irretrievably broken down, though only after a period of five years' actual breakdown and legal separation.
* To stage the Exhibition, Prince Albert commissioned the services of Sir Joseph Paxton, who had become head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, and had acquired a reputation for his effective building of large glass houses.
* In 1787 it saw the premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni , with Mozart conducting, and in 1791 his La Clemenza di Tito , commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia.
* Originally, books of this type were commissioned only by kings and the highest nobility, but by the fifteenth century secular workshops had been set up, particularly in Paris and other cities in France and the Low Countries, so as to provide such books for a wider public.
* Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) built over a thousand bridges in his native country when he was commissioned to improve communications throughout the Highlands.
* In 1674 Marshall was commissioned to erect a similar monument at East Carlton, Northamptonshire, to Sir Geoffrey and Lady Palmer.
