[
  {
    "word": "commission",
    "phonetic": "/k\u0259\u02c8m\u026a\u0283\u0259n/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/k\u0259\u02c8m\u026a\u0283\u0259n/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/commission.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762899",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "David received his commission after graduating from West Point."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The thing to be done as agent for another.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have three commissions for the city."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.",
            "synonyms": [
              "committee",
              "government body"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The company's sexual harassment commission made sure that every employee completed the on-line course."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The real-estate broker charged a four percent commission for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of committing (e.g. a crime).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "omission"
            ],
            "example": "the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "committee",
          "government body"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "omission"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To place an order for (often piece of art)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To put into active service",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commission"
    ]
  }
]