See Also: pensionary(medicine)
pensionary(dictionary)
pensionary(2)(dictionary)
pensionary(1)(dictionary)
Commission(money)
Commission, the(dictionary)
commission(2)(dictionary)
commission(1)(dictionary)
COMMISSION(finance)
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commission(2) (iou) and pensionary(2) (iou)


commission(2) (iou)



commission verb. M17.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Empower by a commission, give authority; entrust with an office or duty. Foll. by to do. M17.
G. Vidal Giles was commissioned to find a boat.
b. Send on a mission to, to do. L17.
c. Give (an artist etc.) a commission to do. E19.
G. Greene I've been commissioned to do a Life of General Gordon.
verb trans. Give (a person) a commission for a rank in the army, navy, or air force. Cf. earlier COMMISSIONED 1. E18.
F. Chichester I was commissioned as a Flying Officer.
verb trans. Give (an officer) command of a ship. L18.
verb trans. Admit (a warship, aircraft, etc.) to active service; prepare (a warship, aircraft, etc.) for active service; bring (a machine, equipment, etc.) into operation. L18.
b. verb intrans. Of a warship, aircraft, etc.: commence active service. E20.
verb trans. Give a commission for, order, (a particular piece of work, the execution of a work, an article of merchandise). L18.
R. Burns The books I commissioned in my last. K. Clark The princely patrons..commissioned quantities of manuscripts.
commissional adjective of or pertaining to a commission M16.
commissionate verb trans. & intrans. = COMMISSION verb L16-E19.

pensionary(2) (iou)



pensionary noun1. Now rare. M16.
[medieval Latin pensionarius receiver or payer of a pension, from Latin pensio(n-): see PENSION, -ARY1.]
A person receiving a pension; spec. a person in the pay or hire of another, a hireling. M16.
The chief municipal magistrate of a Dutch city; esp. (also Grand Pensionary) the first minister and magistrate of the former Dutch province of Holland and Zeeland. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.