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)
In art, a commission is the act of requesting the creation of a piece, often on behalf of another. Artwork may be commissioned by private individuals, by the government, or businesses. Commissions often resemble endorsement or sponsorship.
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, 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
Building commissioning (Cx) is an integrated, systematic process to ensure, through documented verification, that all building systems perform interactively according to the "Design Intent". The commissioning process establishes and documents the ...
, a quality assurance process during and following building construction
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Project commissioning
Project commissioning is the process of assuring that all systems and components of a building or industrial plant are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client. ...
, 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,
regulatory agency or
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 empowered or delegated to set rules (for example reg ...
which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including:
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Independent agencies of the United States government
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executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government:
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Town commissioners
Town commissioners were elected local government bodies that existed in urban areas in Ireland from the 19th century until 2002. Larger towns with commissioners were converted to urban districts by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, with ...
, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century
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City Commission
City commission government is a form of local government in the United States. In a city commission government, voters elect a small commission, typically of five to seven members, typically on a plurality-at-large voting basis.
These commissione ...
, 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 group
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. On 1 July 2022 they were abolished and replaced by Integr ...
s, 135 NHS organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare
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Commissioning support units
Commissioning support units were established in April 2013 from the remains of the primary care trusts and strategic health authorities as part of the reorganisation of the National Health Service in England following the Health and Social Care Ac ...
, which provide regional support for Clinical commissioning groups
Military
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Commission (document)
A commission is a formal document issued to appoint a named person to high office or as a commissioned officer in a territory's armed forces. A commission constitutes documentary authority that the person named is vested with the powers of that ...
, 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 contex ...
, 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
The purchase of officer commissions in the British Army was the practice of paying money to the Army to be made an officer of a cavalry or infantry regiment of the English and later British Army. By payment, a commission as an officer could be sec ...
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Ship commissioning, 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)
Commissioned is an American urban contemporary gospel group from Detroit, Michigan. Members included Fred Hammond, Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp, Marcus Cole and Montrell Darrett.
The group recorded twelve albums over a period of seventeen years, an ...
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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, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity
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