English-Spanish translations for commission

• comisión
  Tengo una pregunta para la Comisión. I have a question for the Commission.
  Eso es lo que le pedimos a la Comisión. This is our request to the Commission.
  La Comisión quería una cumbre. The Commission wanted a summit.
• encargar
  La Comisión se encargará de aclararla. The Commission will work out how to clarify it.
  ¿Podría encargar la Comisión un análisis crítico de esta cuestión? Can the Commission have a critical analysis done of this?
  Se nos ha dicho que la Comisión se propone encargar un estudio. We are told that the Commission intends to commission a study.
• cargo
  La Comisión está dispuesta a hacerse cargo de este papel. The Commission is willing to assume this role.
  Espero que la Comisión se haga cargo de este asunto. I hope that the Commission will now take this up.
  En este punto, la Comisión se hace cargo de responsabilidades especiales. The Commission has specific responsibilities here.
• cometido
  Deseamos suerte a la Comisión en este cometido. We wish the Commission well in this work.
  La Comisión ha cumplido muy bien este cometido. The Commission has done a good job in this respect.
  Es evidente que la Comisión ha cometido un error. It is obvious that the Commission has made a mistake here.
• destino
  El destino de la Comisión, de toda la Unión Europea, descansa en el resultado (DELIVERY) de esta reforma. The fate of the Commission, of the whole European Union, rests on delivery of this reform.
  La Comisión también llama nuestra atención sobre los países de destino. The Commission also draws our attention to recipient countries.
  La Comisión está buscando nuevos fondos y nuevos destinos para los fondos existentes. The Commission is looking at new funding and new uses for existing funds.
• encargo
  Las obras de encargo dañan la cultura, dañan la creatividad y, por ende, dañan a Europa. Commissioned works damage culture, damage creativity and, in so doing, damage Europe.
• misión
  Misión del Consejo y de la Comisión en Corea Council and Commission mission to Korea
  Tanto la Comisión como el Parlamento han cumplido su misión. Both the Commission and Parliament have done their duty.
  La Comisión enviará una misión. You are going to commission a fact-finding mission.
• poner en servicio

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