com·mis·sion

Commission or commissioning may refer to:

Business and contracting

• Commission (remuneration 报酬), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered. Commissions are a form of variable-pay remuneration for services rendered or products sold. Commissions are a common way to motivate and reward salespeople. 本例“提成”。
  • Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another
• A contract for performance or creation of a specific work
• Commissioning, a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture:
  • Building commissioning, a quality assurance process during and following building construction
  • Project commissioning, a process of assuring that all components of a facility are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the requirements of the owner or client

Civil

• A government agency, regulatory agency or statutory [fixed or controlled by law] authority [监管机构或法定机构] which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including:
  • Independent agencies of the United States government
• An executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government:
  • Town commissioners, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century
  • City Commission, a form of local government (common in the United States)
  • The European Commission, a body incorporating features of an executive branch of government and a civil service
• Presidential Commission (United States), a type of high level research group
• Royal Commission, a form of public inquiry. A royal commission is a major ad-hoc [not planned, but arranged or done only when necessary] formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies. They have been held in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Malaysia, Mauritius [毛里求斯] and Saudi Arabia [沙特阿拉伯].
• Commissioning, the process of identifying an area's need for public services and then designing and securing the services to meet the need
  • Clinical commissioning groups, 135 NHS [National Health Service] organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare

Military

• Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers
  • Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power; contrast with warrant officer and non-commissioned officer. 民国时期，特任是由国民政府主席特令任命的公务员，如中央各部部长；简任是国民政府主席或行政院长任命的公务员；荐任是由主管机关荐请总统任命的公务员；委任是由各机关依法任命的公务员。
  • The purchase of officer commissions in the British Army was the practice of paying money to the Army to be made an officer of a cavalry or infantry regiment of the English and later British Army. By payment, a commission as an officer could be secured, avoiding the need to wait to be promoted for merit or seniority. The purchase of officer commissions in the British Army was a common practice through most of its history. The practice started in 1683 during the reign of Charles II and continued until abolished on 1 November 1871, as part of the Cardwell Reforms. [link]
• Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty

Other uses

• 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 is a Grammy and Stellar award [格莱美和恒星奖] nominated, American, urban contemporary gospel group. The group recorded twelve albums over a period of seventeen years. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, the six original members were... 福音音乐组合。
  • 福音音乐源于美国黑人歌曲宗教音乐, 有流行歌曲或民歌风格。
  • The Stellar Awards Gospel Music Show is the first and oldest televised awards show honoring Gospel Music artist for over 35 years.
  • Gospel group也可能是a group smaller than a group in a worship service that gathers together for the purpose of discipleship [门徒+ship link].
• Commission of a crime, when someone knowingly or intentionally commits a crime. The commission of a crime - Law Essays

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