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Making money based on sales or services rendered, as in Real estate agents rarely get a salary; they work largely on commission . This use of the noun commission , which generally refers to a percentage of the total price, dates from the early 1700s.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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