commission

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• /kəˈmɪʃən/
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From Middle English commissioun, from Old French commission, from Latin commissiō (“sending together; commission”), from prefix com- (“with”) + noun of action missiō (“sending”), from perfect passive participle missus (“sent”), from the verb mittō (“to send”) + noun of action suffix -iō.

Compare Italian camicia and Romanian cămeșă.

254 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: поръче́ние (porǎčénie) — mission
• Danish: opgave — mission
• Esperanto: tasko — mission
• Esperanto: komisio — mission
• Finnish: tehtävä — mission
• Finnish: toimeksianto — mission
• German: Auftrag — mission
• Greek: επιτροπή (epitropí) — mission
• Greek: αρμοστία (armostía) — mission
• Ancient Greek: ἀποστολή (apostolḗ) — mission
• Ancient Greek: πέμψις (pémpsis) — mission
• Italian: missione — mission
• Japanese: 使命 (shimei) — mission
• Japanese: 任務 (nimmu) — mission
• Kazakh: тапсырма (tapsyrma) — mission
• Korean: 사명 (samyeong) — mission
• Korean: 임무 (immu) — mission
• Māori: mīhana — mission
• Māori: tononga — mission
• Occitan: mission — mission
• Occitan: comission — mission
• Polish: misja — mission
• Portuguese: missão — mission
• Romanian: misiune — mission
• Russian: поруче́ние (poručénije) — mission
• Russian: ми́ссия (míssija) — mission
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantachd — mission
• Serbo-Croatian: посла́ње — mission
• Serbo-Croatian: poslánje — mission
• Spanish: misión — mission
• Spanish: cometido — mission
• Swedish: uppdrag — mission
• Bulgarian: назначе́ние (naznačénie) — official authority
• Danish: kommission — official authority
• Finnish: valtuutus — official authority
• German: Offizierspatent — official authority
• Greek: αξίωμα (axíoma) — official authority
• Hindi: आयोग (āyog) — official authority
• Irish: coimisiún — official authority
• Italian: incarico — official authority
• Italian: mandato — official authority
• Japanese: 任務 (nimmu) — official authority
• Korean: 임무 (immu) — official authority
• Latin: commissio — official authority
• Malay: suruhanjaya — official authority
• Malay: komisi — official authority
• Māori: kōmihana — official authority
• Occitan: comission — official authority
• Polish: komisja — official authority
• Portuguese: comissão — official authority
• Russian: коми́ссия (komíssija) — official authority
• Russian: назначе́ние (naznačénije) — official authority
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantachd — official authority
• Spanish: destino — official authority
• Spanish: cargo — official authority
• Bashkir: йомош (yomoş) — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Catalan: comissió — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Catalan: encàrrec — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Esperanto: komisiono — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Finnish: tehtävä — the thing to be done as agent for another
• German: Auftrag — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Hindi: आढ़त (āṛhat) — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Italian: commissione — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Japanese: 委任 (inin) — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Korean: 위임 (wiim) — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Occitan: comission — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Occitan: carga — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Portuguese: encargo — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Spanish: comisión — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Spanish: encargo — the thing to be done as agent for another
• Albanian: komision — body of officials
• Southern Altai: кӱрее (küree) — body of officials
• Arabic: لَجْنَة (lajna) — body of officials
• Armenian: հանձնաժողով (hanjnažoġov) — body of officials
• Armenian: հանձնախումբ (hanjnaxumb) — body of officials
• Armenian: կոմիտե (komite) — body of officials
• Azerbaijani: komissiya — body of officials
• Belarusian: камі́сія (kamísija) — body of officials
• Bengali: কমিশন (komiśon) — body of officials
• Bulgarian: коми́сия (komísija) — body of officials
• Catalan: comissió — body of officials
• Chinese Mandarin: 委員會 /委员会 (wěiyuánhuì) — body of officials
• Czech: komise — body of officials
• Danish: kommission — body of officials
• Danish: undersøgelseskommission — body of officials
• Dutch: commissie — body of officials
• Esperanto: komisiono — body of officials
• Finnish: komitea — body of officials
• Finnish: toimikunta — body of officials
• Finnish: valtuuskunta — body of officials
• Finnish: komissio — body of officials
• French: commission — body of officials
• Georgian: კომისია (ḳomisia) — body of officials
• German: Kommission — body of officials
• German: Ausschuss — body of officials
• Greek: επιτροπή (epitropí) — body of officials
• Hindi: आयोग (āyog) — body of officials
• Hindi: कमीशन (kamīśan) — body of officials
• Hungarian: bizottság — body of officials
• Indonesian: komisi — body of officials
• Irish: coimisiún — body of officials
• Italian: commissione — body of officials
• Japanese: 委員会 (iinkai) — body of officials
• Kazakh: комиссия (komissiä) — body of officials
• Khmer: គណៈកម្មការ (kĕəʼnaʼ kamkɑɑ) — body of officials
• Korean: 위원회 (wiwonhoe) — body of officials
• Macedonian: комисија (komisija) — body of officials
• Malay: suruhanjaya — body of officials
• Malay: komisi — body of officials
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommisjon — body of officials
• Occitan: comission — body of officials
• Persian: کمیسیون (komisiyon) — body of officials
• Polish: komisja — body of officials
• Portuguese: comissão — body of officials
• Romanian: comisie — body of officials
• Russian: коми́ссия (komíssija) — body of officials
• Serbo-Croatian: поверѐнство — body of officials
• Serbo-Croatian: повјерѐнство — body of officials
• Serbo-Croatian: комѝсија — body of officials
• Serbo-Croatian: poverènstvo — body of officials
• Serbo-Croatian: povjerènstvo — body of officials
• Serbo-Croatian: komìsija — body of officials
• Slovak: komisia — body of officials
• Slovene: komisija — body of officials
• Spanish: comisión — body of officials
• Swahili: kamisheni — body of officials
• Swedish: kommission — body of officials
• Tagalog: komisyon — body of officials
• Thai: คณะกรรมการ (ká-ná-gam-má-gaan) — body of officials
• Turkish: komisyon — body of officials
• Ottoman Turkish: انجمن (encümen) — body of officials
• Ukrainian: комі́сія (komísija) — body of officials
• Uzbek: komissiya — body of officials
• Vietnamese: uỷ ban — body of officials
• Arabic: عُمُولَة (ʕumūla) — fee charged
• Armenian: միջնորդավճար (miǰnordavčar) — fee charged
• Bulgarian: комисио́нна (komisiónna) — fee charged
• Catalan: comissió — fee charged
• Chinese Mandarin: 佣金 (yòngjīn) — fee charged
• Czech: provize — fee charged
• Danish: kommission — fee charged
• Danish: provision — fee charged
• Dutch: afsluitprovisie — fee charged
• Dutch: afsluitpremie — fee charged
• Dutch: commissie — fee charged
• Dutch: provisie — fee charged
• Dutch: courtage — fee charged
• Finnish: komissio — fee charged
• Finnish: provisio — fee charged
• Finnish: välityspalkkio — fee charged
• French: commission — fee charged
• French: courtage — fee charged
• German: Abschlussprämie — fee charged
• German: Abschlussprovision — fee charged
• German: Provision — fee charged
• Greek: προμήθεια (promítheia) — fee charged
• Hindi: शुल्क (śulk) — fee charged
• Indonesian: komisi — fee charged
• Indonesian: kamsen — fee charged
• Irish: coimisiún — fee charged
• Italian: commissione — fee charged
• Japanese: 手数料 (tesūryō) — fee charged
• Luhya: ekodi — fee charged
• Malay: komisyen — fee charged
• Māori: tiringa — fee charged
• Norwegian Bokmål: provisjon — fee charged
• Norwegian Nynorsk: provisjon — fee charged
• Occitan: comission — fee charged
• Persian: کمیسیون (komisiyon) — fee charged
• Polish: prowizja — fee charged
• Portuguese: comissão — fee charged
• Russian: коми́ссия (komíssija) — fee charged
• Russian: комиссио́нные (komissiónnyje) — fee charged
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀вӣзија — fee charged
• Serbo-Croatian: pròvīzija — fee charged
• Slovene: provizija — fee charged
• Spanish: comisión — fee charged
• Swahili: kodi — fee charged
• Swedish: kommission — fee charged
• Swedish: avgift — fee charged
• Swedish: provision — fee charged
• Tagalog: komisyon — fee charged
• Tamil: தரகு (taraku) — fee charged
• Turkish: komisyon — fee charged
• Vietnamese: hoa hồng — fee charged
• Catalan: comissió — the act of committing
• Finnish: suorittaminen — the act of committing
• German: Begehung — the act of committing
• Greek: διάπραξη (diápraxi) — the act of committing
• Italian: commissione — the act of committing
• Japanese: 作為 (sakui) — the act of committing
• Occitan: comission — the act of committing
• Portuguese: acometimento — the act of committing
• Portuguese: cometimento — the act of committing
• Spanish: comisión — the act of committing
• Catalan: encarregar — send to do something
• Catalan: comissionar — send to do something
• Chinese Mandarin: 委任 (wěirèn) — send to do something
• Danish: få til opgave — send to do something
• Finnish: antaa tehtäväksi — send to do something
• French: charger — send to do something
• French: missionner — send to do something
• German: beauftragen — send to do something
• Greek: αναθέτω (anathéto) — send to do something
• Greek: επιφορτίζω (epifortízo) — send to do something
• Hungarian: megbíz — send to do something
• Italian: incaricare — send to do something
• Italian: commissionare — send to do something
• Italian: designare — send to do something
• Italian: ordinare — send to do something
• Italian: delegare — send to do something
• Japanese: 委任する (inin suru) — send to do something
• Polish: zlecać — send to do something
• Polish: zlecić — send to do something
• Portuguese: encarregar — send to do something
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantaich — send to do something
• Spanish: encargar — send to do something
• Spanish: comisionar — send to do something
• Swedish: ge i uppdrag — send to do something
• Swedish: uppdra — send to do something
• Bulgarian: поръчвам (porǎčvam) — order a work of art
• Chinese Mandarin: 約稿 /约稿 (yuēgǎo) — order a work of art
• Danish: bestille — order a work of art
• Finnish: tehdä tilaus — order a work of art
• Finnish: tilata — order a work of art
• French: commander — order a work of art
• German: in Auftrag geben — order a work of art
• German: bestellen — order a work of art
• Greek: παραγγέλλω (parangéllo) — order a work of art
• Hungarian: megrendel — order a work of art
• Hungarian: megbízást ad az elkészítésére — order a work of art
• Italian: commissionare — order a work of art
• Japanese: 依頼する (irai suru) — order a work of art
• Māori: tono — order a work of art
• Scottish Gaelic: barrantaich — order a work of art
• Serbo-Croatian: нару́чити — order a work of art
• Serbo-Croatian: narúčiti — order a work of art
• Slovene: naročiti — order a work of art
• Spanish: encargar — order a work of art
• Spanish: comisionar — order a work of art
• Swedish: beställa — order a work of art
• Swedish: ge beställning på — order a work of art
• Bulgarian: пускам в експлоатация (puskam v eksploatacija) — put into active service
• Danish: indgå i tjeneste — put into active service
• Finnish: asettaa palvelukseen — put into active service
• French: mettre en service — put into active service
• German: in Dienst stellen — put into active service
• German: in Betrieb nehmen — put into active service
• Greek: θέτω σε λειτουργία (théto se leitourgía) — put into active service
• Italian: commissionare — put into active service
• Italian: varare — put into active service
• Spanish: poner en servicio — put into active service
• Spanish: comisionar — put into active service
• Swahili: kodisha — put into active service