commission vs elect

commission

verb
  • To place an order for (often a piece of art). 

  • To put into active service. 

  • To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something. 

noun
  • A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. 

  • The thing to be done as agent for another. 

  • The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error). 

  • A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something). 

  • An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers. 

  • A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function. 

elect

verb
  • To choose or make a decision (to do something) 

  • To choose (a candidate) in an election 

adj
  • Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. 

  • Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. 

noun
  • In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation. 

  • One chosen or set apart. 

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