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commission

[kuh-mish-uhn] / kəˈmɪʃ ən /


NOUN
group working together toward goal
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“Where’s the upside? Where’s the consumer upside? You know, the battle right now is over commission fees, and who gets a piece. And I think that’s gross, and I’m in this business.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

That had led to "higher commission rates and menu prices while creating barriers to new entrants, ultimately harming consumer welfare", it added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

An independent commission said the club had "systematically" broken rules between 2009 and 2018 by inflating sponsorship revenue to disguise secret funding of more than £830m into its football operations.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

In Grimes County, where SpaceX and Tesla plan to build a 100-million-square-foot facility, residents showed up to the county commission meeting in June to argue that the development could ruin their quiet quality of life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

This idea of Kang’s, the use of the red and white slip . . . could it be of such newness and beauty that it would mean a commission?

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

He and other commissioners said the structure fulfils a 100-year plan to build a monumental work on Columbia Island, just as Congress and various commissions intended.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Oey said the company continues to be in dialogue with the Indonesian government, which in July lowered the cap on commissions collected by ride-hailing platforms from two-wheeled drivers to 8% from 20%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The program hasn’t yet gone to the harbor commissions for approval.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Analysts have stressed that the pledge needs to be turned into enforceable ratepayer protections through work with utility commissions, state legislatures and state governors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I’m serious. You could do commissions or something. People would totally pay for your stuff.”

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Eighty-one percent of Americans say sports betting on prediction markets is gambling, according to a poll commissioned by the advocacy group Gambling Is Not Investing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

To investigate these possibilities, independent measurements were commissioned from the Experimental Techniques Centre at Brunel University of London and the Oxford Materials Characterisation Service within the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Nvidia, who has commissioned an independent investigation into the affair involving Alice Huang, alleged to be a Chinese spy, said it had no reason to believe the company's secrets or national security were compromised.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Cornell has already announced several preliminary reforms to support sexual assault victims, and has commissioned an independent probe into how it responded in 2024.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

He had seen the sketches and portraits that his mother commissioned back then and knew that, once upon a time, he had been handsome.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Hundreds of performances, dozens of commissioning orchestras and many famous actors would seem to agree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Elizabeth Vaziri, commissioning editor at Voyager and Magpie at the publisher Harper Collins, told the programme fantasy had "always been a portal for escapism".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Tesla plans to begin commissioning equipment for a planned facility in its hometown of Austin, Texas, in 2027, it told investors on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Paul Cremo, who directs the Met's commissioning program, said creating the other-worldly universe for "Bardo" -- in which tendrils engulf singers and ghosts explode -- challenged the Met's technical staff.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

By commissioning Stravinsky for the 1910 season, no one could accuse Diaghilev of being sheepish with his choice of composer.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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