commish

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/kəˈmɪʃ/

noun

A commissioner.

“Plus, I receive a little commish, so thank you.”

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Meanings

nouncommish (countable and uncountable, plural commishes)

plural commishes

  1. countableinformalA commissioner.

    From now on it's horsebuyin' on commish, an' you an' me on the road till we find that valley of the moon."

    1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon
    1 more example

    Library commish Mary Dempsey presides over the talk, and there's an accompanying video, Staking Our Claim in Cyberspace.

    1994 March 11, Bill Wyman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader
  2. countableinformaluncountableA commission.

    Plus, I receive a little commish, so thank you.

verbcommish (third-person singular simple present commishes, present participle commishing, simple past and past participle commished)

present singular third person commishes · participle present commishing · participle past commished · past commished

  1. informaltransitiveTo commission (an artist or an artwork).

Origin

Shortening.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

McOmish
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APA

commish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commish

MLA

“commish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commish.

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