undertaking

Definition of undertaking in English English dictionary: Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals; That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise; Present participle of undertake; A promise or pledge; a guarantee; The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business; {n} an enterprise, business, affair; A promise, reduced to writing, which is legally enforceable; If you give an undertaking to do something, you formally promise to do it. The MOD gave an undertaking to Saville that it had provided him with all relevant material; any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" the trade of a funeral director; An agreement made by an exporter or government to conduct future export trade in terms acceptable to the Philippine authorities, e g , exporters under investigation undertake to align their export price s to their normal values Once such an agreement has been concluded, the proceedings may be suspended or terminated; The sealed undertaking required by the Board of Trade and its successors binding a railway company to a particular method of working a single line; A written promise to deliver a security within the time specified An undertaking is usually synonymous with the actual delivery of the security; {i} mission, that which one takes on; promise, pledge; act of taking on; profession of arranging funerals; the trade of a funeral director; This is a promise by a Lawyer to ensure that certain conditions (usually of the lender) are met (usually after closing, due to time constraints) The best example is the undertaking to register a discharge of an old first mortgage after the new one has been registered, because there is simply not enough time to do so at closing It also governs such closing dynamics as releasing funds before a new mortgage document is officially registered; An undertaking is a task or job, especially a large or difficult one. Organizing the show has been a massive undertaking; Any action by a federal agency, including issuance of permits, funds or grants, that may impact a historic property; any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
undertaking letter: document in which one pledges to work in a certain way, official written obligation
undertake: To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.)
He undertook to take more exercise in future.
undertake: To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon
So Sir Trystram endured there grete payne, for syknes had undirtake hym – and that ys the grettist payne a presoner may have .
undertake: To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say
I have now aspyed one knyght, he seyde, that woll play hys play at the justys, I undirtake..
undertake: to overtake on the wrong side
I hate people that try and undertake on the motorway.
undertake: To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.)
He undertook a course of medication.
undertake: {n} one who undertakes, a manager
undertake: {v} to engage in, take charge, promise
enter into a new undertaking: {f} sign up or take part of a new undertaking
joint undertaking: collective enterprise, group endeavor, joint project, collaboration
oral undertaking: verbal commitment
undertake: {f} take on, receive responsibility for a task; guarantee, pledge
undertake: To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt
undertake: To start an entreprise; to embark on a specific task
undertake: To have knowledge of; to hear
undertake: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" enter upon an activity or enterprise accept as a charge accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task
undertake: Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm
undertake: enter upon an activity or enterprise accept as a charge accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task
undertake: accept as a charge
undertake: If you undertake to do something, you promise that you will do it. He undertook to edit the text himself
undertake: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"
undertake: Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract
undertake: When you undertake a task or job, you start doing it and accept responsibility for it. She undertook the arduous task of monitoring the elections
undertake: To engage with; to attack
undertake: To take or have the charge of
undertake: enter into a contractual arrangement
undertake: To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety
undertake: To commit oneself to an obligation
undertake: enter upon an activity or enterprise
undertake: To venture; to hazard
undertake: To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province
undertake: To assume, as a character
undertake: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"
undertakings: plural of undertaking