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• Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
• Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty
• [[Commissioned offr
• European Commission
• Presidential Commission (United States) and similar studies on local levels, such as the Kettl Commission
• Royal Commission
• Irish Land Commission
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• The Commission (mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States.

Commission may also be used for: The payment of commission as remuneration for services rendered or products sold is a common way to reward sales people. ... The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... Berlaymont, the Commissions seat The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. ... In the United States, a Presidential Commission is a special task force ordained by the President to complete some special research or investigation. ... The Kettl Commission, formally the (Wisconsin) Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Commission on State-Local Partnerships for the 21st Century, was a bipartisan 1999-2000 blue ribbon commission, chaired by University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Donald F. Kettl, charged by then-Governor Tommy Thompson with studying and reporting back to... In states that are Commonwealth Realms a Royal Commission is a major government public inquiry into an issue. ... The Irish Land Commission was created in 1881 as a rent fixing commission by the Irish Land Act 1881. ... The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry. ... The Commission is alleged to be the governing body of the mafia in the United States. ... This article is about the criminal society. ...

• 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

Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting an office, a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as... An agency is a department of a local or national government responsible for the oversight and administration of a specific function, such as a customs agency or a space agency. ... The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, often referred to simply as the Knight Commission, is a panel of members of the American academic, athletic and journalism communities, with an eye toward reform of college athletics, particularly in regard to practices in recruiting for football and basketball teams. ... A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce. ...

See also

• Commissioner

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