Get to know Commissary better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like shop or store.
Commissary in a sentence
Commissary meaning
- A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners.
- An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account.
- A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
Using Commissary
- The main meaning on this page is: A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. | An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account. | A cafeteria at a television or movie studio.
- Useful related words include: shop, store, snack bar, snack counter.
- In the example corpus, commissary often appears in combinations such as: the commissary, and commissary, commissary in.
Context around Commissary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commissary
- In this selection, "commissary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kitchen, assistant, america, kitchen, prefect and general stand out and add context to how "commissary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include access to commissary exchange and and and the commissary s special. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commissary" sits close to words such as acrimony, aerosmith and albus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commissary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What is Tiger Commissary Services Inc.? (6 words)
If I go to jail, I would need money for commissary snacks,” Johnson said. (14 words)
Fort Irwin volunteers provided treats and care packages for the Commissary and CYS workers. (14 words)
Among the 10 Victoria Cross awardees is James Langley Dalton, the assistant commissary in Lord Chelmsford’s force during the Zulu War and one of the 11 men who were honoured with the award following the January 1879 action at Rorke’s Drift. (43 words)
For some of these returning veterans, it has been a long time since they were on a military installation or in a commissary or military exchange,” said Edward Cutshall, director of Marine Corps Community Services at Marine Corps Installations Command. (40 words)
He was appointed by the College of San Fernando de Mexico until 1812, when the position became known as the "Commissary Prefect" who was appointed by the Commissary General of the Indies (a Franciscan residing in Spain). (37 words)
What is Tiger Commissary Services Inc.? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
The other piece is consistent with what I disclosed on the commissary in the U.S. We own the commissary in the UK.
He was appointed by the College of San Fernando de Mexico until 1812, when the position became known as the "Commissary Prefect" who was appointed by the Commissary General of the Indies (a Franciscan residing in Spain).
Additionally, the south end of the facility will be home to the stadium’s first-ever kitchen, commissary and loading dock.
Among the 10 Victoria Cross awardees is James Langley Dalton, the assistant commissary in Lord Chelmsford’s force during the Zulu War and one of the 11 men who were honoured with the award following the January 1879 action at Rorke’s Drift.
As well as engaging with base leadership to spread the word on the commissary benefit, Saucedo is also actively engaged with DeCA’s outreach initiatives.
Before it went up in flames Saturday, a commissary kitchen on East Hastings Street was home to several small businesses that generated livelihoods for dozens of families.
If I go to jail, I would need money for commissary snacks,” Johnson said.
In our North America commissary segment, first quarter revenues grew by 1% year-over-year, driven by higher costs.
She also owns On The Fly, Olive & Finch’s commissary kitchen and wholesale business, in South Park Hill.
This juvenile stated that he’d had three trays of food since he got there and used the commissary to sustain himself.
Regarding on-base prices, Defense Commissary Agency and the Army and Air Force Exchange Services directly provide the OSD Allowances Division pricing of the same market basket items every quarter for all their overseas locations.
The Post obtained the federal jail’s commissary list, which reveals what snacks and products Diddy can purchase while in lockup — and just like on the outside, it’s all about the Benjamins, baby.
What is Tiger Commissary Services Inc.?
Each week, a rotating assortment of daily fresh-baked pies, sides, and commissary items is made available for pre-order.
For some of these returning veterans, it has been a long time since they were on a military installation or in a commissary or military exchange,” said Edward Cutshall, director of Marine Corps Community Services at Marine Corps Installations Command.
Fort Irwin volunteers provided treats and care packages for the Commissary and CYS workers.
Lawyers detail how she's fed three meals a day, receives commissary and 'has access to recreational space, social calls, television, shower, legal telephone calls, email, computers, and discovery material'.
Making matters worse, angry mobs began “besieging the commissary stores, destroying liquor, intent perhaps upon pillage, and swaying to and fro in whatever momentary passion possessed them,” reported a local newspaper editor.
On January 1, 2020 Marine Corps installations began extending access to commissary, exchange, and morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility privileges.
Test Your Strength Plank Challenge—Share a photos or video performing a plank on the exchanges' and the commissary's special social media event pages beginning for a chance to win an exchange gift card.
Common combinations with commissary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the commissary 16×
- and commissary 6×
- commissary in 4×
- commissary and 4×
- commissary general 2×
- commissary kitchen 2×
- for commissary 2×
- defense commissary 2×
- commissary agency 2×
- to commissary 2×