ETYM French, from Latin commissio. Related to Commit.
1. A fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary).
2. A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; SYN. charge, direction.
3. An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces; SYN. military commission.
4. The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions; SYN. commissioning.
5. The state of being in good working order and ready for operation.
Method of payment for salespeople in which they are given a proportion of the monetary value of every sale they make. Commission payments are a type of piece rate payment.
Usually a worker is paid a basic wage and earns commission on top of that. However, some workers are employed on a commission-only basis where all their earnings are made up of commission payments. + prikaži više

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later; SYN. deposit, downpayment.

Payment in advance.

1. Money deposited in a bank; SYN. bank deposit.
2. A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met.
3. Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use.