Translations for „commission house“ in the English » German Dictionary

com·ˈmis·sion house N

commission house

Brokerhaus nt

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English

He began as a general merchant, expanded into grain brokerage, before opening a commission house to receive and forward merchandise from ships on the lakes.

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Large commission houses employed trappers to follow the flocks of pigeons year-round.

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Let local authorities not only provide state-owned land for residential construction, but directly commission house builders (and preferably smaller construction firms) to put up affordable homes on that land.

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