A real estate commission is a certain percent of the sale price of a house paid to the real estate agents involved in the transaction. In traditional home sales, the commission can be anywhere between 1 - 6 percent and split between the buying and selling agents. The commission is paid out of the proceeds of the sale.
Definition of thermometer. : an instrument for determining temperature; especially : one consisting of a glass bulb attached to a fine tube of glass with a numbered scale and containing a liquid (such as mercury or colored alcohol) that is sealed in and rises and falls with changes of temperature.
A typical thermometer is a calibrated, or numbered, glass tube that contains mercury. The silver mercury in the tube rises, or expands, when warmth of an object increases. The mercury falls when warmth of an object decreases. The calibrated scale on the tube of the thermometer allows us to read the temperature.