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Webster 1828 Edition
Commission-merchant
COMMISSION-MERCHANT
, noun A merchant who transacts business as the agent of other men, in buying and selling, and receives a rate per cent. as his commission or reward.COMMISSION, verb transitive
1.
To give a commission to; to empower or authorize by commission. The president and senate appoint, by the president commissions.2.
To send with a mandate or authority.He fist commissions to the Latian land.
3.
To authorize or empower.Note: Commissionate, in a like sense, has been use, but rarely.