Commission vs Trade - What's the difference?
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A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
* Shakespeare
The thing to be done as agent for another.
A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
* Prescott
A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
The act of committing (e.g. a crime).
* South
To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
* 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited,
To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait.
To put into active service; as, commission a ship.
(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.
(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.
(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.
* 1989 , (Bruce Pandolfini), Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps , ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pocVITTr8tMC&pg=PA225&dq=trade]:
* 2009 , Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time , ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nQd8MHuaXysC&pg=PA60&dq=trade]:
(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.
(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.
(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.
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(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.
(mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.
* James Horsburgh
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
(uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.
(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.
* Dryden
(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.
(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.
* Surrey
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.
* Udall
* Spenser
* Massinger
* Shakespeare
To engage in trade
* Arbuthnot
To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.
To give (something) in exchange for.
To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).
* Shakespeare
Commission is a related term of trade.
As verbs the difference between commission and trade
is that commission is to send or officially charge someone or some group to do something while trade is .As a noun commission
is a sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).commission
English
(wikipedia commission)Noun
(en noun)- It was James Bond's commission to defeat the bad guys.
- David received his commission after graduating from West Point.
- Let him see our commission .
- I have three commissions for the city.
- 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.
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.
- 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 .
- the commission , preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.
Synonyms
* body of officials: committee, government body * fee charged: brokerageDerived terms
* commissioner * European Commission * out of commissionVerb
(en verb)- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Aghanistan, is not the first solider to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated.
- He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
trade
English
(wikipedia trade)Noun
- I did no trades with them once the rumors started.
- EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.
- When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.
- The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.
- It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade .
- He learned his trade as an apprentice.
- Even before noon there was considerable trade .
- They rode the trades going west.
- the north-east trade
- Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .
- Josh picked up some trade last night.
- the house and household goods, his trade of war
- A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A common trade to pass through Priam's house.
- Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade .
- Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of common trade , where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.
- the right trade of religion
- There those five sisters had continual trade .
- Long did I love this lady, / Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.
- Thy sin's not accidental but a trade .
Quotations
* (English Citations of "trade")Derived terms
* antitrade/anti-trade * balance of trade * basket trade * block trade * bullet trade * carbon trade * carriage trade * carry trade * carousel trade * cash and carry trade * coasting trade * countertrade * cross-trade * day trade * fair trade * free trade * horse trade * invisible trade * jack of all trades * motor trade * off-trade * on-trade * out trade * paper trade * rag trade * restraint of trade * rough trade * reverse of trade * slave trade * spot trade * stock-in-trade * terms of trade * trade barrier * trade card * trade deficit * trade dispute * trade fair * trade magazine * trade mark/trademark * trade name * trade newspaper * trade-off * trade route * trade secret * trade show * trade standard * trade surplus * trade term * trade union * trade war * trade wind * trader * tradesman * tradesperson * uptick trade * visible tradeSynonyms
* (the commercial exchange of goods and services) commerce * (the collective people who perform a particular kind of skilled work) business * (the skilled practice of a practical occupation) craft * (An instance of buying and selling) deal, barter * (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers) patronageVerb
(trad)- This company trades in precious metal.
- a free port, where nations resorted with their goods and traded
- Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?
- How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?