What does "Commission" mean?

earnings based on sales

Synonym: large commission Opposite: small commission

"Commission" in a sentence

Real example sentences from TV shows and movies.

you'll make a low base salary and you have to earn the rest in commissions.

— Emily in Paris S3E5

Uh, minimum wage plus five percent commission.

— Young Sheldon S5E6

Big commission; picked up a daddy.

— Friends S8E21

I always wanted to commission a portrait of you.

— Gossip Girl S6E4

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom we all know is most famous for being a world-class drunk, commissioned a top-secret scientific project

— How I Met Your Mother S9E18

a house that sells itself and gives me the commission.

— Modern Family S3E14

look what Wreston commissioned from the balloon artisan.

— Parks and Recreation S5E8

But you commissioned it.

— The Big Bang Theory S10E10

"Commission" in TV shows & movies

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