commission
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a special group delegated to consider some mattersynonyms: comitétypes:commission ecosoca commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nationspraesidiuma permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in sessionjurya committee appointed to judge a competitiondirectiona group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institutionconseila board appointed to advise the chief administratortype of:unité administrativea unit with administrative responsibilities
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the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
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an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forcestype of:certificata document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
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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)type of:honorairesa fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
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