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commission
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task, duty |
| Synonyms: | agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working together toward goal |
| Synonyms: | board, commissioners, committee, delegation, deputation, representative |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, confide to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | accredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give authorization or control |
| Synonyms: | appoint, approve, authorize, certify, commission, empower, enable, endorse, entrust, guarantee, license, okay, recognize, sanction, vouch for |
| Antonyms: | deny, disapprove, reject |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | individual deed |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
| Synonyms: | accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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