Commission
Commission noun - The state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty.
Usage example: her commission as head of the investigation
Office is a synonym for commission in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Office" instead a noun "Commission", when it comes to topics like duty, task. dated substitute
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- work and commission
- work and office
- performance and commission
- performance and office
- part and commission
- part and office
- responsibility and commission
- responsibility and office
- duty and commission
- duty and office
- obligation and commission
- obligation and office
- charge and commission
- charge and office
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Which complicate matters was that all these assignment, rank and commission titles look like titles of office, and so needs to be listed together in official documents.
- Kim Jong-il was merely the chairman of the North Korean National Defense Commission; the actual office of president gets cycled round other people every year or so.
Source: Just the First Citizen - In the Flashman series, Flashman has an uncle Bindley who works at an office responsible for assigning military commissions, and at a couple of points, Flashman is forced to seek his help getting a commission.
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