commission

A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).

An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

David received his commission after graduating from West Point.

Let him see our commission.

The thing to be done as agent for another.

I have three commissions for the city.

A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

the European Commission

the Electoral Commission

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

a reseller's commission

The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer.

To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.

Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first solider^([sic – meaning soldier]) to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.

To place an order for (often a piece of art).

He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.

To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.

The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.

The 1.7 mile-long conveyor system was commissioned in November 2022, and will remove one million lorry movements from the roads around West London.

A shirt or chemise.

As from our beds, we doe oft cast our eyes, / Cleane linnen yeelds a shirt before we rise, / Which is a garment shifting in condition; / And in the canting tongue is a commission.