English-Dutch translations for commission

• commissie
  De Commissie zal hiervan nota nemen. The Commission will take note.
  Ik zeg hierop: schaam u, Commissie. I say: shame on the Commission.
  Nu moet de Commissie in actie komen. Now the Commission needs to act.
• afsluitpremie
• afsluitprovisie
• courtage
• opdracht
  Dit is echter de opdracht van de Commissie. This, however, is the responsibility of the Commission.
  Tevens is er opdracht gegeven tot een tweede onderzoeksproject.A second research project has been commissioned.
  Er wordt ons verteld dat de Commissie opdracht gaat geven tot een studie. We are told that the Commission intends to commission a study.
• provisie
  Het onderzoek toont aan dat er significante verschillen bestaan tussen de provisies die voor bankpassen worden betaald. The audit shows that there are significant differences between the commission paid for bank cards.
  Onderzocht wordt onder meer of er in het geheim provisies aan tussenpersonen zijn betaald om de contracten veilig te stellen. The investigation is focusing in part on the possible payments of secret commissions to intermediaries with a view to securing contracts.
• taak
  De Commissie heeft een belangrijke taak verricht. The Commission has worked very hard.
  Dit is een taak voor de Commissie.Here it is up to the Commission to act.
  Hierin heeft de Europese Commissie een belangrijke taak. The Commission has an important job here.

Definition of commission

• A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something
• The thing to be done as agent for another
• A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function
• A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction
• The act of committing (e.g. a crime
• To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something
• To place an order for (often piece of art
• To put into active service

Examples

• David received his commission after graduating from West Point
• I have three commissions for the city
• the European Commission
• the Electoral Commission
• the Federal Communications Commission
• The companys sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course
• a resellers commission
• The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer
• the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
• James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents
• He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months
• The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII

Related words

• commissioner
• commissionaire
• decommission
• commissioning
• decommissioning
• subcommission
• recommissioning
• anticommission
• commissionership