UNDERTAKING

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt.

2.
n.

That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

3.
n.

Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

4.
n.

A promise or pledge; a guarantee. A. Trollope.