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{ "term": "commission", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "an official group of people who have been given responsibility to control something, or to find out about something, usually for the government", "sensetop": "on a commissionbefore a commissioncommission on something", "labels": "(British English)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The commission is expected to report its findings next month." }, { "text": "The government has set up a **commission of inquiry** into the disturbances at the prison." }, { "text": "The **election commission** found that neither candidate received enough votes to avoid a run-off." }, { "text": "the British representative on the commission", "contextForm": "on a commission" }, { "text": "The defendant will be brought to trial before a **military commission**.", "contextForm": "before a commission" }, { "text": "She was also a **member of the commission** on religious education.", "contextForm": "commission on something" }, { "text": "a commission on human rights" }, { "text": "The government appointed an **independent commission** to investigate the causes of the disaster." }, { "text": "The government has set up a joint commission to consider the problem." }, { "text": "a commission on domestic violence" }, { "text": "the Commission for Racial Equality" }, { "text": "He was appointed to head a commission of inquiry into the recent riots." }, { "text": "She's a member of the IOC medical commission." }, { "text": "Sweden's Environment Commission has ruled against the dam project." }, { "text": "The government set up a fact-finding commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident." }, { "text": "This is the first meeting of an intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between the two countries." }, { "text": "the Atomic Energy Commission" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["international", "national", "independent"], "verb + commission": ["appoint", "create", "establish"], "preposition": ["commission for", "commission on"], "phrases": ["a commission of inquiry"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "an amount of money that is paid to somebody for selling goods and that increases with the amount of goods that are sold", "sensetop": "commission on somethingon commission", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "You get a 10 per cent commission on everything you sell.", "contextForm": "commission on something" }, { "text": "He earned £2 000 in commission last month." }, { "text": "In this job you work on commission *(= are paid according to the amount you sell)*.", "contextForm": "on commission" }, { "text": "to work on a commission basis" }, { "text": "Most of the salespeople are on commission." } ], "topics": ["Working life"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "high", "small"], "verb + commission": ["earn", "get", "receive"], "preposition": ["in commission", "on commission", "commission for"], "phrases": ["on a commission basis"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an amount of money that is charged by a bank, etc. for providing a particular service", "sensetop": "commission on something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "1 per cent commission is charged for exchanging foreign currency." }, { "text": "The bank charges a high commission on these transactions.", "contextForm": "commission on something" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "high", "small"], "verb + commission": ["earn", "get", "receive"], "preposition": ["in commission", "on commission", "commission for"], "phrases": ["on a commission basis"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a formal request to somebody to design or make a piece of work such as a building or a painting; the fact of making such a request", "sensetop": "commission to do somethingcommission for somethingcommission from somebody", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Eventually she agreed to accept the commission." }, { "text": "He received a commission to design the new parliament building.", "contextForm": "commission to do something" }, { "text": "Sometimes I take commissions for portraits.", "contextForm": "commission for something" }, { "text": "The exhibition was a success and brought commissions from wealthy patrons.", "contextForm": "commission from somebody" }, { "text": "I have received a private commission to paint the prince's family." }, { "text": "Who won the commission to design the new town hall?" }, { "text": "She would not accept the commission, saying it did not pay enough." }, { "text": "The firm will accept commissions for most types of architectural work." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["private", "public"], "verb + commission": ["accept", "get", "receive"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the position of an officer in the armed forces, typically with the rank of lieutenant or higher", "examples": [ { "text": "He resigned his commission when he got married." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the act of doing something wrong or illegal", "labels": "(formal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "the commission of a crime" } ], "topics": ["Crime and punishment"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "available/not available to be used", "examples": [ { "text": "Several of the airline's planes are temporarily out of commission and undergoing safety checks." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪʃn/", "audio": "co/commission/commission__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/kəˈmɪʃn/", "audio": "co/commission/commission__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin commissio(n-), from committere ‘entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’." }