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

ETYM Contr. from procuracy. Related to Proctor.
1. A person authorized to act for another; SYN. procurator.
2. A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
Authority giving person power to vote, etc. on behalf of another; such an authorized person.
In law, a person authorized to stand in another's place; also the document conferring this right. The term usually refers to voting at meetings, but marriages by proxy are possible. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. warant, Old Fren. warant a warrant, a defender, protector, French garant, originally a p. pr. pf German origin, from Old High Germ. weręn to grant, warrant, German gewähren; akin to OFries. wera. Related to Guarantee.
An authorization allowing police to perform specified acts.