Meaning & use
commission override
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Meanings
nouncountable
An extra payment a manager or senior seller earns as a percentage of the sales made by people on their team.
Grammar: Often used with a percentage: a 5 percent commission override.
Patterns
- earn a commission override
- an override on something
As team leader, she earns a commission override on every sale her reps make.
The company cut the commission override from five percent to three.
He receives a commission override whenever his recruits close a deal.
nouncountablebusiness
A manual change made to the normal commission amount calculated by a system, for example to correct or adjust a payment.
Grammar: Used by finance staff: process a commission override.
Patterns
- a commission override for someone
The finance office approved a commission override for the delayed order.
A commission override requires a manager's signature.
Word forms
| plural | commission overrides |
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Common combinations
- earn a commission override
- Managers earn a commission override on their teams' sales.
- pay a commission override
- The firm pays a commission override each quarter.
- approve a commission override
- HR must approve a commission override.
- override rate
- The override rate is lower than the basic commission.
- team commission override
- A team commission override rewards good leadership.
Synonyms and how they differ
- override
- Override alone is the short form used in the trade, and is understood as the payment in sales.
- overriding commission
- Overriding commission is the same idea expressed more formally, often in insurance.
- bonus
- A bonus is a general extra payment and does not need to be tied to a team's sales.
- royalty
- A royalty is paid for use of someone's work or idea, not for supervising sellers.
Word family
- commission noun
- payment based on sales
- override verb
- to cancel or replace
- commissioned adjective
- paid by commission
- overriding adjective
- most important, or taking priority
Commonly confused: commission override or base salary?
commission override vs base salary
Base salary is the fixed pay, whereas a commission override varies with team sales.
Practice
A regional manager who earns a percentage of her team's sales receives a ___.
Choose one answer.
A commission override is a percentage on team sales. A signing bonus is paid when joining, and severance and expenses are unrelated.
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