Commission

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Commission may refer to:

• Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
• Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another
• Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers.
• Commissioning, a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture
  • Project commissioning, 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
  • Building commissioning, a quality assurance process during and following building construction
• Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty
• Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power
  • Contrast with Non-commissioned officers
  • Purchase of commissions in the British army
• Statutory commission, a government authority created by statutes of the legislature such as:
  • Statutory authority
  • Independent agencies of the United States government
  • Regulatory agency
  • Public benefit corporation
• Constitutional Commission, a body reviewing or writing a constitution
• European Commission, the executive body of the European Union
• Presidential Commission (United States), a high level research group
• Royal Commission, a public inquiry
• Irish Land Commission, a body designed to fix rents in Ireland
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a US body enforcing and regulating the securities industry
• Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings
• The Commission (mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States
• Commissioned (gospel group)
• Perpetration in law

Commission may also be used for:

• Letters patent, an open letter issued by a government granting an office or other status to someone or some entity
• A type of government agency that operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, though the term may also be applied to non-governmental groups such as the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
• A type of contract for performance or creation of a specific work

See also

• Commissioner
• Decommission (disambiguation)