{
    "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’."
}