The authority by which an officer officiates in his post.
Also, an allowance paid to agents or factors for transacting the business of others.
·vt To send out with a charge or commission. II. Commission ·noun The acting under authority of, or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
When a commissioned officer is invalided, his vacancy is filled up pending the pleasure of the admir...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An authority granted by the Admiralty to a select officer in command of a vessel, to cruise wherever...
·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...
A ship where officers and men are paid off, and pennant hauled down. ...
Giving an entertainment to shipmates on receiving promotion. ...
A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the "buying of fetters;" it is the obtaining pre...
The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted. This act brought the crew unde...