to appoint a commission

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• appoint — ap‧point [əˈpɔɪnt] verb [transitive] 1. to choose someone for a job or position: • The company appointed a new chairman last week. appoint somebody to do something • It can appoint a foreign company to manufacture its product under licence.… …   Financial and business terms

• appoint — ap·point /ə pȯint/ vt 1: to name officially to a position appoint ed to the agency s top post appoint ed conservator of the estate 2: to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointment …   Law dictionary

• commission — com·mis·sion n 1: a formal written authorization to perform various acts and duties a notary s commission 2 a: authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another b: a task or matter entrusted to one as the agent for another 3 a: a group… …   Law dictionary

• Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health — Type Arm s Length Body Country England Owne …   Wikipedia

• Commission — Com*mis sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commissioned}; p. pr & vb. n. {Commissioning}.] 1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• appoint — [v1] assign responsibility; decide accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, finger, fix, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap; concepts 41 …   New thesaurus

• commission — [n1] task, duty agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of… …   New thesaurus

• commission — ► NOUN 1) an instruction, command, or duty. 2) an order for something to be produced specially. 3) a group of people given official authority to do something. 4) a sum paid to an agent in a commercial transaction. 5) a warrant conferring the rank …   English terms dictionary

• appoint — 1 name, *designate, nominate, elect Analogous words: *choose, select, pick, single: commission, *authorize, accredit Contrasted words: *dismiss, discharge, cashier 2 * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• commission — vb *authorize, accredit, license Analogous words: appoint, *designate, name, nominate: empower, *enable: instruct, enjoin, charge, bid, order, *command …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Commission (document) — A commission is a physical document issued to certify the appointment of a commissioned officer by a sovereign power. The more specific terms commissioning parchment or commissioning scroll are often used to avoid ambiguity, due to commission… …   Wikipedia