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Commissions

Commission may refer to:

  • Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
  • Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty
  • Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power
  • Constitutional commission
  • European Commission
  • Presidential Commission (United States) and similar studies on local levels, such as the Kettl Commission
  • Royal Commission
  • Irish Land Commission
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • The Commission (mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States.

Commission may also be used for:

  • Letters patent, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity
  • A type of government agency that operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, though the term may also be applied to non-governmental groups such as the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
  • A type of contract for performance or creation of a specific work
  • Commission (art), the purchase of the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another.

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