comisión

commission

noun koh-mee-SYOHN Less Common

Origin: From Latin commissio ('a bringing together').

Also means

committee

Usage Note

Comisión covers a fee or percentage paid for a service (cobrar una comisión = 'to charge a commission') and a formal committee or body (la Comisión Europea). The plural comisiones often refers to trade-union shop stewards in Spain (comisiones obreras is also the name of a major Spanish trade union, abbreviated CCOO). Context distinguishes financial commission from an institutional body.

Examples

"El agente cobra una comisión del diez por ciento."

Natural Translation

The agent charges a ten percent commission.

Literal Translation

The agent charges a commission of-the ten for hundred

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