on commission—receiving a percentage of the proceeds of goods sold:
- These jobs are all on commission only.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase in commission—
1. in the exercise of delegated authority:
- When the treasury was in commission, the junior lords had sixteen hundred a year each.
2. (of a ship, aircraft, etc.) in working condition; in service:
- Some wartime vessels are still in commission.
on the commission—serving on a committee:
- This brings the number of management consultants on the commission up to three.