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  • 1commission — The fee which clearing houses charge their clients to buy and sell futures and futures options contracts. The fee that brokers charge their clients is also called a commission. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary The fee paid to a broker to… …

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  • 2Commission — The fee paid to a broker to execute a trade, based on number of shares, bonds, options, and/or their dollar value. In 1975, deregulation led to the creation of discount brokers, who charge lower commissions than full service brokers. Full service …

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  • 3commission — [[t]kəmɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ commissions, commissioning, commissioned 1) VERB If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you. [V n] The Ministry of Agriculture… …

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  • 4commission — 1 noun 1 PEOPLE (C) a group of people who have been given the official job of finding out about something or controlling something: The Government has set up a commission to suggest improvements to the education system. 2 MONEY (C, U) an amount… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5commission — com|mis|sion1 W1S1 [kəˈmıʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin commissio, from commissus, past participle of committere; COMMIT] 1.) a group of people who have been given the official job of finding out about something or… …

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  • 6commission sale — /kə mɪʃ(ə)n seɪl/ noun a sale where the salesperson is paid a commission …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 7commission — com·mis·sion n 1: a formal written authorization to perform various acts and duties a notary s commission 2 a: authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another b: a task or matter entrusted to one as the agent for another 3 a: a group… …

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  • 8Commission on Elections (Philippines) — Commission on Elections Komisyon ng Halalan Established: August 22, 1940 Chairman: Atty. Sixto Brillantes Website …

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  • 9Commission — Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913 Webster] 2 …

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  • 10Commission merchant — Commission Com*mis sion, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See {Commit}.] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster] Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English