Commission vs. Administration — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Commission and Administration
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Commission
An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group
One of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building
He received a commission to act as an informer
Administration
The process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.
The day-to-day administration of the company
A career in arts administration
Commission
A group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something
A commission was appointed to investigate allegations of police violence
Administration
The management of public affairs; government
The inhabitants of the island voted to remain under French administration
Commission
A sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction
He sold cosmetics on commission
Foreign banks may charge a commission
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Administration
The action of dispensing, giving, or applying something
The administration of justice
The oral administration of the antibiotic
Commission
A warrant conferring the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force
He has resigned his commission
She intended to apply for a commission in the army
Administration
The act or process of administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.
Commission
The action of committing a crime or offence
The commission of an arrestable offence
The errors are of omission rather than commission
Administration
The activity of a government or state in the exercise of its powers and duties.
Commission
Order or authorize the production of (something)
The portrait was commissioned by his widow in 1792
Administration
The executive branch of a government.
Commission
Bring (something newly produced) into working condition
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1945
We had a few hiccups getting the heating equipment commissioned
Administration
The group of people who manage or direct an institution, especially a school or college.
Commission
Appoint (someone) to the rank of officer in an army, navy, or air force
He was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers
Administration
The term of office of an executive officer or body.
Commission
The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty.
Administration
(Law) Management of a trust or estate.
Commission
The authority so granted.
Administration
The dispensing, applying, or tendering of something, such as an oath, a sacrament, or medicine.
Commission
The matter or task so authorized
Investigation of fraud was their commission.
Administration
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
Commission
A document conferring such authorization.
Administration
The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
Commission
A public board or administrative body
The Federal Trade Commission investigates false advertising.
Administration
The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
The Obama administration
The Duterte administration
Commission
Often Commission A ruling council within the Mafia that adjudicates family disputes and regulates family activities.
Administration
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
Commission
The act of committing or perpetrating
The commission of a crime.
Administration
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
The administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
Oral administration of insulin
Commission
A fee or percentage allowed to a sales representative or an agent for services rendered.
Administration
Management.
Commission
An official document issued by a government, conferring on the recipient the rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces.
Administration
An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
The company went into voluntary administration last week.
Commission
The rank and powers so conferred.
Administration
The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration.
Commission
To grant a military commission to.
Administration
The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
A mild and popular administration.
The administration has been opposed in parliament.
Commission
To grant authority for (something to be made or done); place an order for
Commission a new symphony for the festival.
Administration
The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
Commission
To authorize or engage (someone to do something)
Commission an architect to design a building.
Administration
The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
Commission
To put (a ship) into active service.
Administration
A method of tending to (especially business) matters
Commission
A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
Administration
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
He claims that the present administration is corrupt
The governance of an association is responsible to its members
He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
Commission
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
Administration
The act of administering medication
Commission
The thing to be done as agent for another.
I have three commissions for the city.
Administration
The tenure of a president;
Things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
Commission
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
The European Commission
The Electoral Commission
The Federal Communications Commission
The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
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.
Commission
The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
The commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
Commission
(transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
Commission
(transitive) 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.
Commission
To put into active service.
The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
Commission
The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
Commission
The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
Commission
The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
Commission
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.
Commission
A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
Commission
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.
Commission
The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.
Commission
To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.
Commission
To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen bandHe first commissions to the Latian land.
Commission
A special group delegated to consider some matter;
A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours
Commission
A fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary);
He works on commission
Commission
The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
Commission
The state of being in good working order and ready for operation;
Put the ships into commission
The motor was out of commission
Commission
A group of representatives or delegates
Commission
A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
The judge's charge to the jury
Commission
An official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
Commission
The act of committing a crime
Commission
A special assignment that is given to a person or group;
A confidential mission to London
His charge was deliver a message
Commission
Put into commission; equip for service; of ships
Commission
Place an order for
Commission
Charge with a task
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