commission plan

noun

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

Origin of commission plan

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby commission plan

commissary, commission, commission for racial equality, commission house, commission merchant, commission plan, commissionaire, commissioned officer, commissioner, commissioner for local administration, commissioner for oaths

British Dictionary definitions for commission plan

commission plan

noun

(in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members