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Commission

Meaning in sales & retail, with examples

/kəˈmɪʃən/nounCore term

In sales & retail, commission means: Money paid to a salesperson based on the sales they make, usually a percentage of the value of each sale or of total revenue.

In Turkish: prim, komisyon, satış primi

How it is used

Used in job ads, contracts and pay discussions. You earn, get or pay commission; you work on commission or on a commission basis. A commission structure or plan explains the rates and rules. A commission-only job has no fixed salary.

Example sentences

  1. Reps earn 8 percent commission on every new contract.

  2. The job pays a low base salary, but commission can double your income.

Common collocations

  • earn commission
  • commission rate
  • work on commission
  • commission plan
  • commission-only
  • quotaA fixed sales target given to a salesperson or team for a period, often used to calculate commission and judge performance.
  • on-target earningsThe total pay a salesperson can expect in a year if they reach 100 percent of their target, made up of base salary plus commission or bonus.
  • sales targetThe amount of sales, in money or units, that a person, team or store is expected to reach in a given period.
  • hit a targetTo reach the sales amount or result that you were expected to achieve in a given period.

This word in other fields

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