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Commission may refer to:

• Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
• Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty
• Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power
• Constitutional commission
• 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:

• 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
• Commission (art), the purchase of the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another.

See also

• Commissioner

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