'out of commission' definitions:
Definition of 'out of commission'
From: GCIDE
- Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See Commit.]
- 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [1913 Webster]
- Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. [1913 Webster]
- Let him see our commission. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. [1913 Webster]
- A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Com.) (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere. [1913 Webster]
- Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
- Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
- Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not.
- Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation.
- Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer.
- Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [Eng.]
- on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
- out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
- To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
- To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently.
- To put the great seal into commission or {To put the Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
- The United States Christian Commission, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals.
- The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War.
- Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust; employment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'out of commission'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- at a standstill,
- at anchor,
- broken,
- dead-still,
- fixed,
- haywire,
- hors de combat,
- idle,
- immobile,
- immotive,
- in condition,
- in disrepair,
- in order,
- in repair,
- inoperative,
- motionless,
- moveless,
- obsolete,
- off the field,
- on the blink,
- on the fritz,
- out of condition,
- out of gear,
- out of joint,
- out of kelter,
- out of kilter,
- out of order,
- out of repair,
- out of tune,
- out of whack,
- riding at anchor,
- static,
- stationary,
- statuelike,
- still,
- stock-still,
- unemployed,
- unmoved,
- unmoving
Words containing 'out of commission'
- Commission,
- Commissioned,
- Commissioning,
- Commissive,
- on commission,
- Christian Commission,
- Commission merchant,
- Commission of array,
- Commission of bankruptcy,
- Commission of lunacy,
- Commission of rebellion,
- Commission of review,
- Commission of the peace,
- Commission officer,
- Commissioned officer,
- Sanitary Commission,
- commission plan,
- ecosoc commission,
- election commission,
- fairness commission,
- high commission,
- military commission,
- planning commission,
- population commission,
- statistical commission,
- zoning commission,
- Civil Service Commission,
- High commission court,
- Jail delivery commission,
- To put a vessel into commission,
- To put a vessel out of commission,
- To put the Treasury into commission,
- atomic energy commission,
- blue ribbon commission,
- commission on human rights,
- commission on narcotic drugs,
- commission on the status of women,
- commissioned military officer,
- commissioned naval officer,
- economic commission for africa,
- economic commission for europe,
- federal communications commission,
- federal trade commission,
- interstate commerce commission,
- nuclear regulatory commission,
- postal rate commission,
- securities and exchange commission,
- social development commission,
- Commission of general gaol delivery,
- The United States Christian Commission,
- The United States Sanitary Commission,
- To put the great seal into commission,
- economic and social council commission,
- economic commission for latin america,
- nestor paz zamora commission,
- economic commission for asia and the far east