commish

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈmɪʃ/

Noun

commish (countable and uncountable, plural commishes)

  1. (informal, countable) A commissioner.
    • 1994 March 11, Bill Wyman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
      Library commish Mary Dempsey presides over the talk, and there's an accompanying video, Staking Our Claim in Cyberspace.
    • 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon:
      From now on it's horsebuyin' on commish, an' you an' me on the road till we find that valley of the moon."
  2. (informal) A commission.
    Plus, I receive a little commish, so thank you.

Verb

commish (third-person singular simple present commishes, present participle commishing, simple past and past participle commished)

  1. (informal, transitive) To commission (an artist or an artwork).

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