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🧑‍⚖️ A commissioner 💵 A fee 🖌️ To hire
commish

commish

1 8.8
Payment given to an agent or salesperson for a sale
  • noun
  • /kəˈmɪʃ/
  • Informal
translation icon : comisión
  • She asked how much commish she would earn if she closed the deal.

Examples

  • I received a commish for selling that house.

  • He was happy with the job because the commish was higher than at his last company.

  • The agent kept a ten percent commish from every sale he arranged for artists.

  • The agent earned a hefty commish on the deal.

  • The agent received a generous commish for closing the deal.

  • He was excited to find out what his commish would be after the big sale.

  • After negotiating the contract, she calculated her commish from the total earnings.

Synonyms

commission
vscommish
106 3.0

Money paid to a person for selling something, often part of the sale

is the informal alternative used in casual speech
factorage
vscommish
  • Archaic
9.9

A fee paid to a person or company for selling goods for someone else

is the broader term used for fees to many types of agents

Surface Forms

commish singular
commishes plural

Etymology

Commish is a short, informal form of commission, which means a fee or 'payment' for work. So a commish is the small 'payment' or cut an agent or seller gets from a sale.