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commission plan

noun

  1. a system of municipal government in which all the legislative and executive powers of the city are concentrated in the hands of a commission.


commission plan

noun

  1. (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of commission plan1

First recorded in 1915–20

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