acceptance | the act of taking something that is offered, her acceptance of the gift encouraged him, he anticipated their acceptance of his offer |
adoption acceptance acceptation espousal | the act of accepting with approval, favorable reception, its adoption by society, the proposal found wide acceptance |
mission charge commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group, a confidential mission to London, his charge was deliver a message |
perpetration commission committal | the act of committing a crime |
acceptance sampling | a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents, involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected |
commission commissioning | the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions |
toleration acceptance sufferanceb | a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations, all people should practice toleration and live together in peace |
self acceptance | an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all |
credence acceptance | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true, he gave credence to the gossip, acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for years |
commission military commission | an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces |
commission charge direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something, the judge's charge to the jury |
acceptance | (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) |
National Liberation Army ELN Nestor Paz Zamora Commission CNPZ | a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups, a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the s |
Atomic Energy Commission AEC | a former executive agency (from to ) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC | an independent federal agency created in to license and regulate nuclear power plants |
Interstate Commerce Commission ICC | a former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states, was terminated in , the ICC was established in as the first federal agency |
Postal Rate Commission | an independent federal agency that recommends changes in postal rates |
Federal Communications Commission FCC | an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite |
commission plan | a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission |
Economic and Social Council commission ECOSOC commission | a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
Commission on Human Rights | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with human rights |
Commission on Narcotic Drugs | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with drug traffic |
Commission on the Status of Women | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with the status of women in different societies |
Economic Commission for Africa | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
Economic Commission for Europe | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Europe |
Economic Commission for Latin America | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development in Latin America |
Population Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with population control |
Social Development Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with social development |
Statistical Commission | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with statistical data from member nations |
blue ribbon commission blue ribbon committee | an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue |
committee commission | a special group delegated to consider some matter, a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours - Milton Berle |
election commission | a commission delegated to supervise an election |
fairness commission | a commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views |
planning commission | a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments |
Federal Trade Commission FTC | an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition, enforces federal antitrust laws, educates the public about identity theft |
deputation commission delegation delegacy mission | a group of representatives or delegates |
High Commission | an embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another |
zoning commission | a commission delegated to supervise the zoning of areas for residential or commercial use |
Securities and Exchange Commission SEC | an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors |
commission | a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary), he works on commission |
trade acceptance | a bill of exchange for a specific purchase, drawn on the buyer by the seller and bearing the buyer's acceptance |
acceptance banker's acceptance | banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank |
acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted, torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club |
commission | the state of being in good working order and ready for operation, put the ships into commission, the motor was out of commission |
commission | charge with a task |
commission | put into commission, equip for service, of ships |
commission | place an order for |