Commission
Commission verb - To appoint as one's representative.
Offer and commission are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offer" instead a verb "Commission".
Offer
Offer verb - To put before another for acceptance or consideration.
Commission and offer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commission" instead a verb "Offer".
How words are described
| full | full commission | full offer |
| special | special commission | special offer |
| original | original commission | original offer |
| generous | generous commission | generous offer |
| Other adjectives: initial, simple, huge, false, innocent, official, last, higher, one-time. | ||
Common collocations
| sort | commission sort | offer sort |
Both words in one sentence
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Grant saying If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side. The provenance was a Democratic pamphlet printed during the 1868 election, hardly a reliable source.
- Averted with her grandfather who earns the equivalent of the Medal of Honor which normally includes the offer of a commission, but in his case he prefers to remain as an NCO.
Source: Up Through the Ranks - Shout-Out: In one novel, Falco strikes up a conversation with a group of Judean refugees who offer him a commission to retrieve one of their holy relics.
Source: Literature / Marcus Didius Falco
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