1) A fee paid to an agent for providing a service, especially a percentage of the total amount of business transacted.
2) A job or task given to a person or a group, especially an order to produce a particular product or piece of work.
3) A group of people authorized to carry out a duty.
4) The committing of something, especially a crime or other offense.
1) The middleman was paid a fee.
2) The factory was given a commission.
3) The spy had commission to kill suspects of terrorism.
4) The commission of a crime.
by Jafje June 06, 2007
Noun;
1. A continuous distribution of colored light produced when a beam of white light is dispersed into its components, e.g. by a prism.
2. A range of radiation frequencies that have a particular property.
3. A visual record of the wavelengths of the radiation or particles emitted (see Emit) by a substance, used as a means of analyzing its physical properties such as energy and mass.
4. A range of values, especially one with opposite values at its limits.
5. The range of organisms that an antibiotic can kill.
1. A buautiful spectrum.
2. There's several spectrums in the air.
3. On the spectrum you can see the wavelengths of the radiation or particles emitted by the strange object.
4. A spectrum of opinions between the policital parties.
5. This antibiotic has a large spectrum.
by Jafje September 05, 2007
1. Unsure about outcome: Not sure about an outcome or conclusion.
2. Possibly dishonest or immoral: Likely to be dishonest, untrustworthy, or morally worrisome in some way.
3. Of uncertain quality: of uncertain quality, intention, or appropriateness.
1. I was a little dubious about whether or not to trust him.
2. It's a dubious proposition.
3. The thesis is based on several dubious assumptions.
2. It's a dubious proposition.
3. The thesis is based on several dubious assumptions.
by Jafje March 31, 2007
The process of dividing up open or common land, farmed in strips, into small enclosed fields owned by induviduals.
Enclosure happens in third-world-countries.
by Jafje May 10, 2007
VERB:
1. To leave somebody or something behind for others to look after, especially somebody or something meant to be a personal responsibility.
2. To leave a place or vehicle, especially for reasons of safety and without intending to return soon.
3. To renounce or reject something previously done or used
4. To surrender control of something completely to somebody else.
5. To stop doing something before it is completed, usually because of difficulty or danger.
6. To abandon yourself: To give yourself over to a powerful emotion.
NOUN:
*Complete lack of inhibition or self-restraint.
1. To leave somebody or something behind for others to look after, especially somebody or something meant to be a personal responsibility.
2. To leave a place or vehicle, especially for reasons of safety and without intending to return soon.
3. To renounce or reject something previously done or used
4. To surrender control of something completely to somebody else.
5. To stop doing something before it is completed, usually because of difficulty or danger.
6. To abandon yourself: To give yourself over to a powerful emotion.
NOUN:
*Complete lack of inhibition or self-restraint.
VERB:
1. Pets abandoned by their owners.
2. They had to abandon their vehicles in the snow.
3. The practice was abandoned long ago.
4. As troops closed in the town was abandoned to its fate.
5. Abandoning the rescue attempt.
6. He abandoned himself to his grief.
NOUN:
*French "abandoner" -> "under control".
1. Pets abandoned by their owners.
2. They had to abandon their vehicles in the snow.
3. The practice was abandoned long ago.
4. As troops closed in the town was abandoned to its fate.
5. Abandoning the rescue attempt.
6. He abandoned himself to his grief.
NOUN:
*French "abandoner" -> "under control".
by Jafje April 25, 2007