Commission or commissioning may refer to:
Business and contracting
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Commission (remuneration)
Commissions are a form of variable-pay remuneration for services rendered or products sold. Commissions are a common way to motivate and reward salespeople. Commissions can also be designed to encourage specific sales behaviors. For example, commis ...
, a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
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Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another
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contract for performance or creation of a specific work
* Commissioning, a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture:
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Building commissioning, a quality assurance process during and following building construction
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Project commissioning, a process of assuring that all components of a facility are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the requirements of the owner or client
Government
Civil
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government agency
A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administrati ...
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regulatory agency
A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government authority that is responsible for exercising autonomous dominion over some area of human activity in a licensing and regulatin ...
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statutory authority
A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being Primary and secondary legislation, empowered or deleg ...
which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including:
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Independent agencies of the United States government
Independent agencies of the United States federal government are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary) and the Executive Office of the President. In a narrower sense, the term refers ...
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executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government:
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Town commissioners, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century
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City Commission, a form of local government (common in the United States)
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European Commission, a body incorporating features of an executive branch of government and a civil service
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Presidential Commission (United States), a type of high level research group
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Royal Commission, a form of public inquiry
*Commissioning, the process of identifying an area's need for
public services and then designing and securing the services to meet the need
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Clinical commissioning groups, 135 NHS organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare
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Commissioning support units, which provide regional support for Clinical commissioning groups
Military
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Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers
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Commissioned officer
An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.
Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...
, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power; contrast with warrant officer and non-commissioned officer
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Purchase of commissions in the British Army
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Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship in ...
, placing a warship in active military duty
Other uses
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Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings
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The Commission (American Mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States
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Commissioned (gospel group)
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Commission of a crime, in law
See also
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Commissioner
A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something).
In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...
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Decommission (disambiguation)
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The Commission (disambiguation)
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Letters patent
Letters patent ( la, litterae patentes) ( always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, titl ...
, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity
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