What dose "commanded" mean in the following context?
She was an extremely handsome and well-kept woman of the beauty and social position which had, five years before, commanded five thousand dollars as the price of endorsing, with photographs, a beauty product which she had never used.
Top answer
In this sentence, "commanded" means "been able to draw, as a fee,".
— An0nymous
In this sentence, "commanded" means "been able to draw, as a fee,".
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