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Roget's Thesaurus

#755. Commission

[Vicarious authority.]

Nouns

commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy. errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur [Lat.], permit etc. (permission) 760. appointment, nomination, designation, return; charter; ordination; installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in; accession, coronation, enthronement. vicegerency; regency, regentship. viceroy etc. 745; consignee etc. 758; deputy etc. 759. [person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee etc. 758.

Verbs

commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize etc. (permit) 760. put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to. employ, empower; set over, place over; send out. be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.

Adjectives

commissioned etc. v..

Adverbs

per procurationem [Lat.].


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