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noun
A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
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An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
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A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
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One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.
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An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop.
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An officer who supplies provisions to an army.
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The judge in a commissary court.
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Qualifier: Scots law
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A higher-ranking police officer.
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a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
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Broader terms: shop, store
Narrower terms: post exchange, PX, slop chest, small stores
noun
a snack bar in a film studio
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Broader terms: snack bar, snack counter, buffet
History
From Late Latin commissarius, from commissus, past participle of committō (“to commit, entrust to”). Doublet of commissar.
Across languages
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