Commission

Commission or commissioning may refer to:

Business and contracting

 * Commission (remuneration), a form of payment to an agent for services rendered
 * Commission (art), the purchase or the creation of a piece of art most often on behalf of another
 * A contract for performance or creation of a specific work
 * Commissioning (disambiguation), a process or service provided to validate the completeness and accuracy of a project or venture

Civil

 * A government agency, regulatory agency or statutory authority which operates under the authority of a board of commissioners, including:
 * Independent agencies of the United States government
 * An executive branch of government, often with characteristics of other branches of government:
 * Town commissioners, elected local government bodies established in urban areas in Ireland in the 19th century
 * City Commission, a form of local government (common in the United States)
 * The European Commission, a body incorporating features of an executive branch of government and a civil service
 * Presidential Commission (United States), a type of high level research group
 * Royal Commission, a form of public inquiry
 * Public service commissioning, the process of identifying an area's need for public services and then designing and securing the services to meet the need
 * Clinical commissioning groups, 135 NHS organisations in England responsible for commissioning healthcare
 * Commissioning support units, which provide regional support for Clinical commissioning groups

Military

 * Commission (document), a document given to commissioned officers
 * Commissioned officer, who derives authority directly from a sovereign power; contrast with warrant officer and non-commissioned officer
 * Purchase of commissions in the British Army
 * Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty

Other uses

 * Great Commission, a tenet of Christian theology given by Jesus to spread his teachings
 * The Commission (American Mafia), the governing body of the mafia in the United States
 * Commissioned (gospel group)
 * Commission of a crime, in law