2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments
officered the recruits.
2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in
distinction from a warrant officer.
{Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field},
{General}. etc.
{Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day,
has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and
police of the post or camp.
{Officer of the deck}, or {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the
officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel,
esp. a war vessel.
Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
Let him see our commission. --Shak.
5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See {Del credere}.
{Commission of array}. (Eng. Hist.) See under {Array}.
{Commission of bankruptcy}, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
{Commission of lunacy}, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
{Commission merchant}, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
{Commission, or Commissioned}, {officer} (Mil.), one who has
a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or
warrant officer.
{Commission of the peace}, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
{To put a vessel into commission} (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp.,