commissionable

adjective

com·​mis·​sion·​able kə-ˈmi-shə-nə-bəl 

of a business transaction

: providing or including a commission for the agent responsible

Both policies would be commissionable to the agent, and the difference in commissions between the two polices would not likely be big enough for them to try to dissuade you from your decision.

—Ron Pradinuk, The Winnipeg Free Press, 5 Nov. 2011

Consultants … who received this award have personal sales of at least $55,000 in commissionable sales during a year.

—The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), 25 Sept. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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