commission vs receive

commission

verb
  • To put into active service. 

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

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

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. 

receive

verb
  • To be in a position to hit back a service. 

  • To accept into the mind; to understand. 

  • To take goods knowing them to be stolen. 

  • To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to. 

  • To incur (an injury). 

  • To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something. 

  • To be in a position to catch a forward pass. 

  • To detect a signal from a transmitter. 

  • To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc. 

noun
  • An operation in which data is received. 

How often have the words commission and receive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )